Calculating Speed from Graphs

What was the average speed of the toy car during the two trials to the nearest tenth of a m/s? Record your answer in the boxes below. Be sure to use the correct place value. 

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What type of graph is shown above?

• distance/time

• speed/time

• velocity/time

• average speed/time

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At what distance was the driver AT REST?

• 200 km

• 150 km

• 225 km

• 0 km

How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?

• 0 s

• 10 s

• 15 s

• 20 s

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At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 

• 0 m

• 10 m

• 20 m

• 40 m

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What is the average speed of the person during the first 5 seconds?

• 0 m/s

• 1 m/s 

• 3 m/s

• 6 m/s 

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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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How long did it take this object to travel back to its reference/starting point?

• 20 s

• 30 s

• 60 s

• 100 s

According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m

• 10 m

• 0 m

• 5 m

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What is the formula to calculate speed from a distance-time graph?

• Speed = Distance x Time

• Speed = Distance / Time

• Speed = Time / Distance

• Speed = Distance + Time