Speed Practice

A girl on a bike rides down a hill 500 meters long in 50 seconds. What is her speed?

• 100 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 1,000 m/s

• 10 mph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds?

• 725 m/s

• 7,425 m/s

• 742.5 m/s

• 680 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds ?

• 140 m/s

• 132 mph

• 142 mph

• 132 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A trip to Florida takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average speed.

• 81.6 km/hr

• 81.6 mph

• 82 m/s

• 816 km/h

A person walked 10 miles.  It took them 2 hours.  How fast were they walking?

• 8 mph

• 5 mph

• 2 mph

• 10 mph

Jacob walked five miles of beach in 2 hours.  What was Jacob's average speed?

• 12 nautical miles

• 250 miles per hour

• 2.5 miles per hour

• 10 miles per hour

Natalie rode a train for 12 hours.  She traveled for 258 miles.  How fast was Natalie travelling?

• 21.5 mph

• 12 mph

• 267 mph

• 87.5 mph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Forrest Gump ran 720 miles in 120 hours.  How fast was Forrest Gump running?

• 72 mph

• 600 mph

• 88 miles

• 6 mph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A bicycle rider travels 100 miles in 4 hours.  What is the cyclist's average speed?

• 400 miles/hr

• 25 miles/hr

• 104 miles/hr

• .025 miles/hr

Calculate the average speed (in meter/sec) if a cheetah runs 180 meters in 10 seconds.

• 198 m/sec

• 170 m/sec

• 12 m/sec

• 18 m/sec