A football field is about 200 m long. If it takes a person 25 seconds to run its length, how fast (what speed) were they running?
What is 8 seconds?
100
Nancy rides her bike with a constant speed of 6 km/h. How long will she take to travel a distance of 7.5 kilometers?
What is 1.25 h?
100
If you drive at 100 km/hr for 4 hours, how far will you go?
What is 400 km?
100
A car increases it's velocity from 0 m/s to 14 m/s in 2 seconds. Find the acceleration
What is 7 m/s2?
100
Calculate the weight (in newtons) of a 5.0-kilogram backpack on Earth (g = 9.8 N/kilogram)
What is 49 N?
200
The pitcher’s mound in baseball is 105 m from the plate. It takes 4 seconds for a pitch to reach the plate. How fast is the pitch?
What is 26.25 s?
200
A train travels with a constant speed of 72 km/h. How long will it take to travel a distance of 186 kilometers?
What is 2.58 hrs?
200
If you run a t 14 m/s for 16 minutes, how far will you go?
What is 224 m?
200
Pete the Penguin loves to sled down his favorite hill. If he hits a speed of 50 m/s after 5 seconds, what is his rate of acceleration? Hint: He starts at 0 m/s at the top of the hill.
What is 10 m/s2?
200
The backpack is 5.0 kilograms and weighs 8.2 newtons on Earth’s moon. What is the strength of gravity on the moon?
What is 1.6 N/kg?
300
Every winter I fly home to Florida which is about 2286.74 miles away. It takes 6 hours. What is my average speed?
What is 381.12 miles/hr?
300
Every summer I fly to Florida. It is 2200 miles to get there. If I average 375 miles/hr, how much time will I spend driving?
What is 5.86 hours or 5.87?
300
The fastest train in the world moves at 700 km/hr. How far will it go in 4.5 hours?
What is 3150 km?
300
A train moving at a velocity of 15 m/s is accelerated to 24 m/s over a 12 second period. Find the acceleration.
What is .75 m/s2?
300
An elephant weighs 106 newtons on the moon, where the strength of gravity is 1.6 newtons per kilogram. What is its mass?
What is 66.25 kilograms?
400
The world speed record on water was set on October 8, 1978 by Ken Warby of Blowering Dam, Australia. If Ken drove his motorboat a distance of 1000.0 m in 7.045 s, how fast was his boat moving?
What is 141.94 m/s?
400
A car drives with a constant speed of 24 miles per hour. How long will it take to travel a distance of 30 miles?
What is 1.25 hours?
400
A police car drives with a constant speed of 64 km/h. How far can it travel in 1.75 hours?
What is 112 km?
400
Monster Mike’s truck decelerates from 72 m/s to 0 m/s in 6 seconds. What is his rate of deceleration?
What is -12m/s2?
400
If a 0.500 kilogram pair of shoes weighs 0.3 newtons on Pluto (a dwarf planet), what is the strength of gravity
there?
What is .6 N/Kg?
500
The fastest car on Earth, a British-made Thrust SSC, would win every NASCAR race in America. If it takes .5 hours to travel 380 miles, what is its speed?
What is 760 miles/hour?
500
An airplane flies with a constant speed of 840 km/h. How long will it take to travel a distance of 3360 kilometers?
What is 4 hours?
500
An airplane flies with a constant speed of 1000 km/h. How far can it travel in 3.7 hours?
What is 3700 km?
500
A ball rolling down a hill for 9 seconds accelerates from 3 m/s to 34.5 m/s. Find the acceleration.
What is 3.5 m/s2?
500
If a 0.500-kilogram pair of running shoes would weigh 11.55 newtons on Jupiter, what is the strength of
gravity there?