Simple Speed Calculations

Bob runs 1800 seconds at an average speed of 1.5 m/sec. How far did he go?

• 4500 m

• 3500 m

• 2700 m

• 1400 m

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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

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Bill jogs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home.  He does so in 267 seconds.  What is Bill's average speed?

• about 3 m/s
• about 1.5 m/s
• 0
• about 4 m/s

What is the equation to calculate distance?

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

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 

A different runner trains for a marathon for 6 months by eating nothing but bags of french fries from McDonalds. They run a 10 meter dash in 100 seconds. What is their speed?

• 0.01 m/s
• 0.1 m/s
• 1 m/s
• 10 m/s

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What is this objects speed at 2 s?

• 5 m/s
• 5 s/m
• 20 m/s
• 20 s/m

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What is the speed of this object at 3 seconds?

• 5 m/s
• 45 m/s
• 5 s/m
• 45 s/m

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What is the equation to calculate time?

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

A man runs at 0.75 m/sec for 300 seconds, what distance will he run?

• 200 m

• 10 m

• 25 m

• 225 m