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 units for time.
Minutes , Seconds, Hours, Day, Years, Weeks
If a cat walks 10 miles in 2 hours, what is the cat's speed?
5 mph
A boy throws a baseball 18 yards in 6 seconds. How fast is the ball traveling?
3 yards per second
If your car travels 10 meters per second, how long will it take you to travel 1300 meters?
130 seconds
Give 3 examples of key words or labels for distance.
A blimp flies 17 mph for 10 hours. How far does it travel?
170 miles
Ms. Goley drives 35 meters to work and it takes her 7 minutes to get there. What is her speed?
5 meters per minute
If a tree grows at a speed of 4 cm per year, how long will it take to grow 144 cm?
36 years
Give 3 examples of units for speed.
mph, m/s, km/h, ft/s, yd/min, mi/s,...
(Unit of distance per unit of time)
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 20 meters . What is the speed if it takes 5 seconds to cover the distance?
4 meters per second
A bird flies 15 mph for 8 hours. How far does it fly?
120 miles
A plane travels 375 mph. How long will it take it to travel 2250 miles?
6 hours
A woman jogs 15 mph for 4 hours. How far does she jog?
60 miles
If a moose runs at a speed of 15 mph, how long will it take the moose to travel 180 miles?
12 hours
Sally races go-carts. The track is 900 yards long. It takes her 12 minutes to complete one lap. What is her speed?
75 yards per minute
If you travel 60 mph for 8 hours, how far will you travel?
480 miles
Kalie and Ashton race down the hallway. The hallway is 150 feet long. It takes Kalie 3 seconds to get to the end . It takes Ashton 2 seconds . Who won the race and what was their speed?
Ashton won (75 ft per second),
[Kalie's speed was 50 ft per second]