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Solving Speed Problems

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?

a)

0.06 m/s

b)

16.7 m/s

c)

150 m/s

d)

53 m/s

2.
If it takes Heather 3 seconds to run from the batter's box to first base at an average speed of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?
a)
19.5 m
b)
0.46 m
c)
2.2 m
d)
3.5 m
3.
Bart ran 5,000 meters from the police at an average speed of 6 meters/second before he got caught. How long did he run?
a)
30,000 s
b)
0.0012 s
c)
833.3 s
d)
212 s
4.
If Justin races his Chevy S-10 at the track for 2,560 meters in 60 seconds, what is his average speed?
a)
0.023 m/s
b)
153,600 m/s
c)
42.7 m/s
d)
60 m/s
5.
If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?
a)
10,000 m
b)
25 m
c)
0.04 m
d)
250 m
6.
Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second. How long will it take her to complete a 200-meter race?
a)
0.04 s
b)
1600 s
c)
50 s
d)
25 s
7.
An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam. The trip took four hours at an average speed of 6 km/h. How far did the ship travel?
a)
24 km
b)
1.5 km
c)
0.67 km
d)
5 km
8.
A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas, flying at an average speed of 432 mph. How much time did the trip take if the plane traveled 616 miles?
a)
0.70 hours
b)
1.43 hours
c)
2 hours
d)
3.4 hours