Calculating Speed

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d

• S = d/t

• S = d x t

• S = t x d

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is speed?

• how far you go
• how much distance is covered over a period of time
• how fast you accelerate
• the change in the location of a object

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Which information is needed to  determine  how fast a  truck  is traveling? 

• direction and  mass  
• distance  and time 
• size and  speed 
• time  and  weight  

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

If a car travels 400 m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

• 20 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 32 m/s

It takes a freight train 2.3 seconds to move 26 meters. Calculate its average speed.

• 11.3 m/s

• 1.13 m/s

• 22 m/s

You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math, which is 90 meters away, How fast did you travel?

• 3 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 4 m/s

A boy jogs 250 meters in 110 seconds. What is his average speed in m/s?

• 227 m/s

• 22.7 m/s

• 2.27 m/s

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the equation to calculate time?

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

A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

• 220 miles
• 2.2 km
• 220 km
• 22 km