Speed Calculations

Suppose you go on a trip that covers 360km and takes 6 hours. What would your average speed be?

• 60 km/hr

• 6 m/s

• 60 mi/hr

• 36 hr/m

A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car?

• .40 km/s

• 40 mi/hr

• 360 miles

• 40 m/s

You roll a tennis ball a distance of 18 meters it takes 6 seconds to cover the distance. What is the average speed of the tennis ball?

• 3 km/s

• 6 m/s

• 3

• 3 m/s

If you travel 1000 meters in 20 minutes 20 minutes, what is your average speed?

• 5 m/min

• 50 m/min

• 500 m/min

• 500

If you drive for 2 hours and travel 120 miles. What was your average speed.

• 60

• 60 mi/hr

• 240 miles

• 2 hours

What is the average speed of a cheetah who sprints 100 meters in 4 seconds?

• 25

• .25 m/s

• 25 m/s

• 50 s

A mouse-trap powered car can travel 20 meters in 15 seconds. What is the speed of the car?

• 2 m/s

• 1.3 m/s

• 1

• .13 m/s

A speedboat (at full throttle) can go 65 miles in 1.5 hours. What is the average speed of the boat?

• 45 m/hr

• 40 mi/hr

• 43.3 mi/hr

• 433 mi/hr

A family leaves for an evening walk around the neighborhood. They leave at 5pm and return home at 6pm. (time) They traveled a total of 2.5 miles. (distance) What is their average speed?

• 2.5 mi/hr

• 2.5 m/hr

• 25 miles

The path around the park is 0.5 miles long. If you walk for 2 hours and complete 10 laps, what is your average speed? (First you must know the total disatance).

• 2 m/hr

• 5 mi/hr

• 2.5 mi/hr

• 2 mi/hr