Converting Units and Unit Rates

Joseph raced Mr. Davis in the parking lot. Joseph ran 30 yards in 5.5 seconds. How many miles per hour was he running?

• 5.45 mph

• 0.003 mph

• 1.023 mph

• 11.15 mph

Sloths are generally considered the slowest land mammals, moving at a top speed of 5 miles for every 2 hours. How many feet per minute would a sloth move at top speed?

• 2.5 feet per min

• 220 feet per min

• 0.028 feet per min

• 792,000 feet per min

A marathon is 26.2 miles long. Top runners can finish a marathon in 2.5 hours. How many feet per second does a top marathon runner run?

• 15.37 feet per sec

• 7.15 feet per sec

• 199,203,840 feet per sec

• 10.48 feet per sec

The World Record 200 meter run ever was 21.53 seconds by Usain Bolt. How many miles per hour was he running?

• 13.62 mph

• 9.29 mph

• 90.53 mph

• 20.77 mph

The Daytona 500 is a 500 mile race that drivers can complete in approximately 5 hours. How many feet per minute are the drivers moving throughout the race?

• 8800 feet per min

• 31,680,000 feet per min

• 100 feet per min

• 1.14 feet per min

Mr. Patteson lives approximately 45 miles from Gary. If he can make it to school in 50 minutes, what is his average speed in miles per hour?

• 1.11 mph

• 54 mph

• 66.6 mph

• 0.9 mph

Convert 15 km/hr to m/s.

• 15,000 m/s

• 4.17 m/s

• 0.00000417 m/s

• 54,000,000 m/s

Convert 13 ft/s to mi/hr.

• 0.0025 mph

• 19.1 mph

• 0.000000684 mph

• 8.86 mph

Convert 10 ft/s to km/min

• 2292 km/min

• 0.003 km/min

• 0.18 km/min

• 0.05 km/min

Convert 60 mi/hr to ft/s.

• 0.011 ft/s

• 0.00000316 ft/s

• 40.91 ft/s

• 88 ft/s