WorksheetsCalculating Speed Practice
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Answer the questions below after watching the video
What is speed a measure of?
The force an object exerts over time.
The distance an object travels in a certain time.
The acceleration of an object over a given distance.
The mass of an object relative to its velocity.
Which formula correctly calculates speed?
Speed = Time / Distance
Speed = Distance × Time
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = Force × Distance
What is the formula to calculate speed?
s = t/d
s = d/t
s = d + t
s = d - t
Speed can be measured in using the following units:
Miles per hour (m/h)
Kilometers per hour (km/h)
Meters per second (m/s)
None of these
It takes a cyclist 2 hours to travel 43 km. What is the cyclist’s average speed in km/h?
21.5 km/h
20 km/h
43 km/h
22.5 km/h
Roberta observes a caterpillar crawling across a tree branch. She estimates that the caterpillar traveled 60 cm in 60 seconds. What is the average speed of the caterpillar?
1 cm/s
0.1 cm/s
10 cm/s
60 cm/s
Leon runs 65 meters in 14 seconds. His sister Lynette runs 60 meters in 12 seconds. Find the rate of speed for both siblings. Who ran faster?
Lynette is faster. Lynette’s speed is 5 m/s and Leon’s is 4.6 m/s.
Leon is faster. Leon’s speed is 5.5 m/s and Lynette’s is 4.8 m/s.
Both have the same speed of 5 m/s.
Leon is faster. Leon’s speed is 4.6 m/s and Lynette’s is 4.5 m/s.
Challenge: The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. Earth is about 150 million km from the sun. How long does it take for sunlight to travel from the sun to Earth? Hint: Convert the speed of light to km/s. Then rewrite the formula s = d/t to find the time.
about 500 seconds
about 50 seconds
about 5,000 seconds
about 5 seconds
