Speed
What is the equation for speed?
Speed = distance/time
What is the equation for distance?
distance = speed X time
What is the equation for time?
Time = distance / speed
Give 3 examples of key words or labels for time.
If a cat walks 10 miles in 2 hours. What is the cat's speed?
20 mph
A boy throws a baseball 18 yards in 6 seconds. How fast is the ball traveling?
3 yards/sec
A bus travels 20mph for 8 hrs. How far does is travel?
160 miles
If your car travels 10m/s, how long will it take you to travel 1300m?
130m
Give 3 examples of key words or labels for distance.
meters, miles kilometers, yards, inches, centimeters
A blimp flies 17 mph for 10 hours. How far does it travel?
170 miles
Ms. Garza drives 45m to work and it takes 7 min to get there, what is her speed?
5 m/s
A dog runs 12mph for 4 hours. How far does it run?
48 miles
If a tree grows at speed of 4cm per year. How long will it take to grow 144 cm?
36 years
Give 3 examples of key words or labels for speed.
miles per hour, kilometers/hour etc
A jet flies to Spain in 5 hours. It traveled 935 miles. What was the speed of the jet?
187 mph
A football is thrown a distance of 20m. What is the speed if it takes 5 seconds to cover the distance?
4 m/s
A bird fly's 15mph for 8 hours. How far does it fly?
120 miles
A plane travels 375 mph, how long will it take to travel 2250 miles?
6 hours
A woman jogs 15mph for 4 hours. How far did she jog?
60 miles
12 hours
Sally races go carts. The track is 900 yards long and it takes her 12 minutes to take a lap. What is her speed?
75 yards per minute
If you travel 60 mph for 8 hours, how far will you travel?
480 miles
If you travel a distance of 1500 miles going 75 mph, how long will it take you to get there?
20 hours
If you drive 60 meters per second, how long will it take you to travel 1020 meters?
17 seconds
Angel and Christian race down the hallway. The hallway is 150 feet long. It takes Angel 3 seconds to get to the end. It takes Christian 2 seconds. Who won the race AND what was their speed?
Christian won with a speed of 75 ft per seconds