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Calculating Speed, Distance, Time

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  • A cyclist travels 20 km in 4 hrs. Calculate the speed of the cyclist.
    5 km/h
  • At the equator, the earth spins a distance of 25,992miles every day. Calculate the average speed of the Earth in mph.
    1083mph
  • John is a runner. He runs the 100m sprint in 20.0 s. Calculate the John’s speed.
    5 m/s
  • Lauren walks 400 m in 125 s . Calculate Lauren’s average speed.
    3.2 m/s
  • If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the football?
    16.67 m/s
  • A train covers 168 km in 4 hours. Find its speed.
    42 km/h
  • Rachel travelled 240 km in 4 hours by train and then travelled 120 km in 3 hours by car and 3 km in 1/2 hour by cycle. What is the average speed during the whole journey?
    48.4 km/hr
  • A mouse runs a distance of 2.0 metres in 16 seconds. Calculate the speed of the mouse.
    0.13 m/s
  • Susie estimated that she can run for hours at a steady rate of 8.0 mph. She enters a marathon, a distance of 26 miles. Calculate the time it takes her to complete the race. Give answer in hours/minutes.
    3.25 hr or 3 hours 15 mins
  • Mr Dunn drives 64.8 km from work at a speed of 48 km/h. Mrs Dunn drives 81.2 km from work at a speed of 58 km/h. They both leave work at the same time. a. Calculate the time taken for each person to travel home. b. State which person arrive
    a) Mr Dunn.takes 1.35 hours. Mrs Dunn takes 1.4 hours b) Mr Dunn arrives first
  • How much time does it take for a bird flying at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour to travel a distance of 1,800 kilometers?
    40 hr
  • A car moves from A to B at a speed of 50 km/hr and comes back from B to A at a speed of 30 km/hr. Find its average speed during the journey.
    37.5 km/hr
  • A comet is cruising through the solar system at a speed of 50,000 kilometers per hour for 4 hours time. What is the total distance traveled by the comet during this time?
    200000 km
  • A beetle travels at a speed of 0.09 m/s, it travels a distance of 1.08 m before it is caught in a jar. Calculate the time taken for the beetle to run.
    12 s
  • A baseball is thrown a distance of 20 meters. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?
    40 m/s
  • A vehicle drives a distance of 26000 m at a speed of 65m/s, calculate the time taken for this journey.
    400 s
  • A car travels a distance of 540km in 6 hours. Calculate the speed of the car.
    90 km/h
  • Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 meters/second for 500 seconds, how far did he ride?
    10000 m
  • A girl cycles for 30s at a speed of 4 m/s. Calculate the distance she travels.
    120 m
  • How far can you get away from your little brother with the squirt gun filled with paint if you can travel at 3 m/s and you have 15s before he sees you?
    45 m
  • The distance between two cities is 144 km, it takes me 3 hours to travel between these cities, determine my average speed.
    48km/h
  • Ron walks 22.5 km in 5 hours, find his speed.
    4.5 km/hr
  • Neil travelled 36 km at a speed of 8 km/h. Grant travelled 48km at a speed of 10 km/h a. Determine whose journey took the shortest time.
    Neil was quickest at 4.5 hours. Grant was 4.8 hours
  • Calculate the speed for a car that went a distance of 125 kilometers in 2 hours time.
    62.5 km/hr
  • A whale swims at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s for 17 s. Calculate the distance travelled by the whale.
    136m
  • Calculate the time it takes to travel a distance of 672 km at a speed of 96 km/h.
    7 hours
  • Jim travelled at a speed of 18.0 m/s for 2.0 s. Calculate the distance Jim travels.
    36 m
  • A train travels at a speed of 16 m/s and travel a distance of 3200 m, calculate the time it takes the train to complete this journey.
    200 s
  • Carlisle is a distance of 35 miles away from Lockerbie. If I travelled at a constant speed of 117 mph. calculate the time taken for this journey.
    18 mins, 0.3 hours
  • A rocket travels, a distance of 576 m in 6 s, calculate the average speed of the rocket
    64 m/s