Speed and Velocity

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

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CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

What is the equation to calculate speed?

• speed = distance/time
• speed = time/distance
• speed = time x distance 
• speed = speed/time 

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Velocity is 

• speed
• direction
• speed with a direction
• none of the answers above

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

• km/hr
• hr
• km
• s

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

• sec
• mi
• m/s
• min

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours.

• 65 mph west
• 6 mph west
• 600 mph west
• 6000 mph west 

88 m/s north

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

88 m/s

• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration

 A runner races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s
• 1000 m/s
• 100 seconds
• 10 seconds

How long would it take for you to swim across a lake that is 900 meters across if you swim at 1.5 m/sec?

• 600 sec
• 600 m/sec
• 0.00167 sec
• 0.00167 m/sec