6.1 Calculating Speed/Velocity

Calculate the speed of a dog running through a field if he is covering 23.7 meters in 54 seconds.

• 0.43 m/s

• 1,279.8 m/s

• 1.21 m/s

• 4.08 m/s

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If a runner covers a distance of 347 meters in 134 seconds, what is her speed?

• 2.59 m/s

• 46,498 m/s

• 0.39 m/s

• 6.78 m/s

What is the speed of a baseball that travels 49 meters in 2.4 seconds?

• 20.42 m/s

• 117.6 m/s

• 0.05 m/s

• 13.33 m/s

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What is the velocity of a car that traveled a total of 75 kilometers north in 1.5 hours?

• 50 km/hr north

• 50 km/hr south

• 112.5 km/hr

• 112.5 km/hr north

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How long would it take for a car to travel a distance of 200 kilometers if it is traveling at a speed of 55 km/hr?

• 3.6 hours

• 44 hours

• 12.5 hours

• 90 hours

A car is traveling at 100 km/hr. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 750 km?

• 7.5 hours

• 75 hours

• 15 hours

• 150 hours

A girl is pedaling her bike at a speed of 0.10 km/min. How far will she travel in two hours?

• 12 km

• 33 km

• 2.5 km

• 14 km

An ant carries food at a speed of 1 cm/s. How many seconds will it take the ant to carry a cookie crumb from your kitchen table to its anthill, a distance of 50 m?

• 500 s

• 50 s

• 5,000 s

• 50,000 s

A plane traveled for about 2.5 hours at a speed of 1200 km/hr. How many kilometers did it fly?

• 3,000 km

• 480 km

• 310 km

• 900 km

What is the velocity of a plane that traveled 3,000 miles from New York to California in 5.0 hours?

• 600 mi/hr west

• 600 mi/hr east

• 300 mi/hr west

• 300 mi/hr east