Distance and Speed

How far will a person go if they jog for 2 hours at a speed of 12 km/hr?

• 6 km

• 0.5 km

• 10 km

• 24 km

Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she travelled if she cycles for 4 hours?

• 55km

• 32km

• 43km

• 32miles

Calculate the average speed (in miles per hour) of Cassandra who runs a 18 mile marathon in 6 hours.

• 24 m/hr

• 3 m/hr

• 0.333 m/hr

• 12 m/hr

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

The graph shows the locations of an eagle's nest, a tree, and a pond. On the coordinate grid, each unit represents a mile.

What is the distance from the pond to the tree? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

Mathematical Equivalence

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If two runners run around a track of 200 meters and 300 meters, how often will they start together if they run at the same speed?

• Every 600 meters

• Every 200 meters

• Every 300 meters

• Every 400 meters

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

• 90 miles

• 10 miles

• 600 miles

• 90 km

A boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

• 220 miles

• 2.2 km

• 220 km

• 22 km

A runners races in the 100 meter dash.  It takes her 10 seconds to finish.  What is her average speed?

• 10 m/s

• 1000 m/s

• 100 seconds

• 10 seconds

What is speed?

• how far you go

• how much distance is covered over a period of time

• how fast you accelerate

• the change in the location of a object