7.7(A)(C)

Speed

100

What is the equation for speed?

Speed = distance/time

200

A boy throws a baseball 18 yards in 6 seconds. How fast is the ball traveling?

3 yards/sec

300

Ms. Garza drives 45m to work and it takes 7 min to get there, what is her speed?

5 m/s

400

A football is thrown a distance of 20m. What is the speed if it takes 5 seconds to cover the distance?

4 m/s

500

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

Distance

100

What is the equation for distance?

distance = speed X time

200

A bus travels 20mph for 8 hrs. How far does is travel?

160 miles

300

A dog runs 12mph for 4 hours. How far does it run?

48 miles

400

A bird fly's 15mph for 8 hours. How far does it fly?

120 miles

500

If you travel 60 mph for 8 hours, how far will you travel?

480 miles

Time

100

What is the equation for time?

Time = distance / speed

200

If your car travels 10m/s, how long will it take you to travel 1300m?

130m

300

If a tree grows at speed of 4cm per year. How long will it take to grow 144 cm?

36 years

400

A plane travels 375 mph, how long will it take to travel 2250 miles?

6 hours

500

If you travel a distance of 1500 miles going 75 mph, how long will it take you to get there?

20 hours

More Problems

100

Give 3 examples of key words or labels for time.

minutes, seconds, hours, days, years, weeks

200

Give 3 examples of key words or labels for distance.

meters, miles kilometers, yards, inches, centimeters

300

Give 3 examples of key words or labels for speed.

miles per hour, kilometers/hour etc

400

A woman jogs 15mph for 4 hours. How far did she jog?

60 miles

500

If you drive 60 meters per second, how long will it take you to travel 1020 meters?

17 seconds

Even More Practice

100

If a cat walks 10 miles in 2 hours. What is the cat's speed?

20 mph

200

A blimp flies 17 mph for 10 hours. How far does it travel?

170 miles

300

A jet flies to Spain in 5 hours. It traveled 935 miles. What was the speed of the jet?

187 mph

400

If a moose runs at a speed of 15 mpg, how long will it take him to travel 180 miles?

12 hours

500

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