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Speed and Velocity Calculations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Calculate the speed of a dog running through a field if he is covering 23.7 meters in 54 seconds.

a)

0.43 m/s

b)

1,279.8 m/s

c)

1.21 m/s

d)

4.08 m/s

2.

If a runner covers a distance of 347 meters in 134 seconds, what is her speed?

a)

2.59 m/s

b)

46,498 m/s

c)

0.39 m/s

d)

6.78 m/s

3.

What is the speed of a baseball that travels 49 meters in 2.4 seconds?

a)

20.42 m/s

b)

117.6 m/s

c)

0.05 m/s

d)

13.33 m/s

4.

What is the speed of a horse in meters per second that runs a distance of 1.2 miles in 2.4 minutes? (There are 5280 feet in 1 mile, and there are 0.3048 meters in a foot)

a)

1,931.21 m/s

b)

144 m/s

c)

13.41 m/s

d)

2.3 m/s

5.

Calculate the velocity of a car that travels 556 kilometers northeast in 3.4 hours.

a)

163.52 km/hr northeast

b)

163.52 km/hr

c)

0.006 km/hr

d)

0.006 km/hr northeast

6.

If a jogger runs for 2,541 meters in a time of 43.6 minutes, what was the speed of the jogger?

a)

0.97 m/s

b)

2.1 m/s

c)

3.44 m/s

d)

6.32 m/s

7.

What is the velocity of a car that traveled a total of 75 kilometers north in 1.5 hours?

a)

50 km/hr north

b)

50 km/hr south

c)

112.5 km/hr

d)

112.5 km/hr north

8.

What is the velocity of a plane that traveled 3,000 miles from New York to California in 5.0 hours?

a)

600 mi/hr west

b)

600 mi/hr east

c)

300 mi/hr west

d)

300 mi/hr east

9.

If it takes you 45 minutes to bike to school, a distance of 4 km, what is your speed in km/hr?

a)

5.3 km/hr

b)

11.25 km/hr

c)

0.1 km/hr

d)

4.3 km/hr

10.

It took 3.5 hours to travel by train between two cities going 120 mph. How many miles did you travel?

a)

420 mi

b)

3.5 mi

c)

210 mi

d)

766 mi

11.

How long would it take for a car to travel a distance of 200 kilometers if it is traveling at a speed of 55 km/hr?

a)

3.6 hours

b)

44 hours

c)

12.5 hours

d)

90 hours

12.

A car is traveling at 100 km/hr. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 750 km?

a)

7.5 hours

b)

75 hours

c)

15 hours

d)

150 hours

13.

A plane traveled for about 2.5 hours at a speed of 1200 km/hr. How many kilometers did it fly?

a)

3,000 km

b)

480 km

c)

310 km

d)

900 km

14.

A girl is pedaling her bike at a speed of 0.10 km/min. How far will she travel in two hours?

a)

12 km

b)

33 km

c)

2.5 km

d)

14 km

15.

An ant carries food at a speed of 1 cm/s. How many seconds will it take the ant to carry a cookie crumb from your kitchen table to its anthill, a distance of 50 m?

a)

500 s

b)

50 s

c)

5,000 s

d)

50,000 s