Finding Speed Rate

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s

• 15 m/s

• 0.067 m/s

• 15 mph

Alan travels 100 km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h

• 5km/hr

• 10km/hr

• 50km/hr

• 20km/hr

Car W is traveling at 70 miles per hour.   Car X is traveling at 65 miles  per hour. Which statement is true about  the movement of the two cars?  

• Car W will travel farther  than Car X in the  same amount  of time.  

• Car X will  travel farther than Car W in  the same amount of  time.  

• Both Car X and  Car  W will travel the same distance in  the same amount of time. 

Marni runs 1500 meters around the  school  track.  What does she need to know in order to  find out her speed? 

• her time from  start  to  finish 

• the  number of steps  she  took 

• her  heart rate  at  the finish line 

• the direction  she began  running 

Christina biked 36 miles in 6 hours. If she biked at a constant speed, how many miles did she ride in one hour?

• 6 mph

• 216 mph

• 30 mph

• 42 mph

After 3 hours, Ernie had travelled 195 miles. If he travels at a constant speed, how far will he have travelled after 5 hours?

• 400 miles

• 325 miles

• 575 miles

• 650 miles

A car is going 50 miles per hour. A rate that describes this would have units of

• Miles and cars

• Miles and hours

• Miles only

• Hours only

Water flows from a faucet at a rate of 5 gallons every 25 seconds. At this rate, how many gallons will flow from the faucet in 45 seconds?

• 9 gallons

• 5 gallons

• 11 gallons

• 40 gallons

A machine can pack 70 boxes of spaghetti in 5 minutes. At this rate, how many boxes can they pack in 8 minutes.

• 35 boxes

• 14 boxes

• 112 boxes

• 560 boxes

One snowy day, the snow was falling at a rate of 3 inches per hour.  If it kept snowing at the same rate, now many inches would accumulate in 2½ hours

• 7 ½  inches

• 6 ½ inches

• 5 ½ inches