Distance Word Problems

What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?

• 20 miles/hr
• 20 m/min
• 800 m/min
• 200 miles/hr

What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr?

• 20 miles
• 10 m/min
• 10 miles/hr
• 20 hrs

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

What is the equation to calculate speed?

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

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

What is the equation to calculate time?

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

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.4

What is the equation to calculate distance?

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

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel

• 90 miles
• 10 miles
• 600 miles
• 90 km

A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?

• 10 miles
• 10 m
• 5 m
• 50 m

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Dave runs a 400 m race with a speed of 4 m/s. What time will it take him to finish the race?

• 400 minutes
• 100 minutes
• 100 seconds 
• .25 seconds 

Which of the following is a unit of speed?

• km/hr
• hr
• km
• s

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Which of the following is a unit of distance ?

• miles/hr
• hr
• km
• min

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1