Calculating Speed

Match the following "Kick" trials to the accurate speed values.

• The rate at which an object travels within a certain time frame.

• Kick 2

• 2.0 seconds

• Speed

• 11 m/s

• Acceleration

• 10 m/s

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• Speeding up, slowing down, and/or changing direction.

• Kick 1

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NGSS.4-PS3-1

Match the following average speeds to the correct graph.

• 5.2

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• 0.15

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• 0.12

• 
• 0.2

• 
• 1.66

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the horse's average speed in kilometers per minute?

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NGSS.3-PS2-2

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A bus travels 20 km in 30 minutes. What is the average speed of the bus?

• 20 km/min

• 30 km/min

• 40 km/min

• 50 km/min

• 1.4 m/s

• 0.71 m/s

• 22.4 m/s

• 35 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

• 20 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 32 m/s

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NGSS.3-PS2-2

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

What is the equation to calculate time?

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