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Calculating Speed

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?
a)
0.0357 m/s
b)

20 m/s

c)
0.036 m/s
d)
28.0 m/s
2.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance 
d)
speed = speed/time 
3.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
4.
Reese can run 10 meters in 5 seconds. What is her speed?
a)
5 meters/sec
b)
2 meters/sec
c)
5 miles/hour
d)
2 miles/hour
5.
Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?
a)
3 feet/sec
b)
6 feet/sec
c)
10 feet/sec
d)
2 feet/sec
6.

Which graph shows the fastest speed?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
Which runner won the race?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
It was a tie
8.

What is the speed of a car that travels 78 miles in 2 hours?

a)

50 miles per hour

b)

39 miles per second

c)

156 miles per hour

d)

39 miles per hour

9.

What is the speed of a ship that takes 4 hours to sail 68 km?

a)

17 miles per hour

b)

17 kilometers per hour

c)

272 kilometers per hour

d)

272 miles per hour

10.

What is the speed of a horse that runs 300 meters in 20 seconds?

a)

15 meters per second

b)

15 miles per hour

c)

600 meters per second

d)

20 meters per second

11.

What is the speed of a train that travels 120 miles in 1.5 hours?

a)

180 kilometers per hour

b)

180 miles per hour

c)

80 miles per hour

d)

80 kilometers per hour

12.

Shane can sprint 100 meters in 12 seconds. What is Shane's speed?

a)

8.33 m/s

b)

8.33 mi/hr

c)

8 m/s

d)

8 mi/hr

13.

A snail crawls 2 meters in 1 hour. What is its speed?

a)

2 meters per hour

b)

.5 meters per hour

c)

1 meter per hour

d)

1.5 meters per hour

14.

A car travels 90 kilometers in 2.5 hours. What is the speed of the car?

a)

40 km/hr

b)

36 km/hr

c)

36 mi/hr

d)

36 m/s

15.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
16.
Boedy swims 100 meters in 5 minutes. What is his speed?
a)
15 meters/minute
b)
20 meters/minute
c)
25 meters/minute
d)
30 meters/minute
17.
Reese rides her bike 10 miles in 5 hours.
Avery rides her bike 15 miles in 5 hours. Which girl rides her bike faster?
a)
Reese
b)
Avery 
18.

Find the speed of the following objects.

1. Which object is the fastest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

19.

The red car rolled 0.5 meters across the table for 2 seconds. The table was 4 meters high. What was the average speed of the red car in m/sec?

a)

0.25 m/sec

b)

2 m/sec

c)

2.25 m/sec

d)

4 m/sec

20.
A ladybug moves from 2 cm to 7 cm in 25 seconds. What is the speed of the ladybug? (Hint: to find the total distance, you have to subtract)
a)
5 cm/sec
b)
0.2 cm/sec
c)
12 cm/sec
d)
3.57 cm/sec