Speed = distance/time
Distance Traveled vs Displacement
Reading a Graph
Graphing Basics
Reading a Graph Again
100
What is the speed of a car that travels 72 miles in 1.5 hours?
48 miles/hour
100
Jerica lives 1.2 miles from the school. What is her total distance traveled to and from school at the end of each day?
2.4 miles
100
Based on the graph, which runner traveled the furthest distance?
Runner A
100
What is the axis that goes left to right?
X- axis
100
Based on the graph, what is the value on the X-axis? 
Time (s)
200
Will runs a 400 meter course in 48.9 seconds. What is his speed?
8.18 meters/second
200
Tyler lives 0.85 miles from the school. What is his displacement when he is at the school?
0.85 miles
200
What was the vehicle’s speed from hour 1 to 2? 
0 miles/hour
200
What is the axis that goes up and down?
Y- axis
200
Based on the graph, what is the value on the Y-axis? 
Distance (m)
300
A skateboarder travels 50 meters in 4.2 seconds. What is her speed?
11.90 meters/second
300
A race car travels around a 800 meter track 4 times during a race. The car starts and ends at the same line for the race. What is the displacement of the race car?
0 meters
300
Based on the graph, which runner did not run at a constant speed?
Runner C
300
True/False: When setting up your intervals for a graph, each box should represent the same amount.
True
300
Based on the graph, which runner had a slower speed? 
Runner 2 (red line)
400
A bicyclist rides in a 50 mile race. He completes the race in 3.5 hours. What was his average speed?
14.29 miles/hour
400
Braelynn walks to and from school each day, which is 0.55 miles from the school. What is her displacement at the end of each day?
0 miles
400
In which direction did the vehicle travel from hour 2 to 4? 
Away
400
What does a straight flat line (shown as B) mean on a distance vs time graph? 
The object is not moving/ it is staying still
400
Based on the graph, which runner had a faster speed? 
Sally (blue line)
500
A baseball is thrown from the pitcher’s mound to home plate, 18.44 meters in 0.22 seconds. What is the speed of the ball?
83.82 meters/second
500
Emily walks to school each morning, which is 0.50 miles from the school. This morning she got halfway to school and realized she forgot her chromebook, so she walked back home to get it before resuming her walk to school. What was her total distance traveled on her morning walk?
1 mile
500
In which direction did the vehicle travel from hour 4 to 6? 
Towards
500
What does a straight line (shown as A, C, or D) mean on a d
istance vs time graph?
The speed is constant
500
What was Sally’s (blue line) speed at 3 seconds based on the graph? 
2 meters/second