Calculating Speed, Graphs and Position Diagrams

A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?

• 6 meters/seconds

• 6 seconds/meters

• .17 meters/second

• None of the above

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What is the average speed of Ben’s balloon car that takes 5 seconds to travel 15 meters. (USE CORRECT UNITS!)

• 3 m/s

• 75 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 1/5 m/s

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

• 5km/hr

• 10km/hr

• 50km/hr

• 20km/hr

What is the speed of an object that travels 20 meters in 4 seconds?

• 80 m/s

• 0.2 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 24 m/s

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To calculate average speed you _______ the distance traveled by the elapsed time.

• divide

• multiply

• square

• subtract

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

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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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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An object must travel 60 meters in 4 seconds. At what average speed will the object have to travel to accomplish this task?

• 15 mph

• 15 m/s

• 1500 mph

• 150 m/s

You are going to race your friend to a tree near the back of the playground. The tress is 24 meters away from where you stand. It will take you 4 seconds to reach the tree. What will your average speed be?

• 6 mph

• 16 m/s

• 60 m/s

• 6 m/s