Basic Info
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
what is a2+b2=c2
Sally runs 10 laps around a 400 meter track. She starts and finishes in the same spot. What is her distance and displacement?
What is 4000 meters for distance and 0 for displacement.
What is the speed of an ant that travels 50 inches in 2 minutes?
What is 25 in/min.
How far does Jim go if he drives 40 mph for 8 hours?
What is 320 miles.
Horse Fly or Black Marlin
What is a horse fly.
List the 2 things used when calculating speed/velocity
What is Distance and time
Coach Stew runs 40 meters north down a hall. He then turns around and runs 15 meters back south. What is his distance and displacement?
What is 55 meters for distance and 25 Meters North for displacement.
What is the speed of a bird flying 2 miles in 2 hours?
What is 1 MPH.
How long does it take a train to go 54000 meters at 125 m/s?
What is 432 seconds.
Reindeer or Greyhound
What is a Reindeer
What is the difference between the answer for speed and velocity? Hint: It is also the difference between distance and displacement.
What is direction.
Joe goes 5 meters North and then turns West and go 4 meters. What is distance and displacement?
What is 9 meters for distance and 6.40 meters NW for displacement.
What is the velocity of an elephant that walks 3400 meters north in 1000 minutes?
What is 3.4 meters per minute north.
How many minutes will it take for a Corvette to drive 65489 feet at 46 ft/s?
What is 23.73 minutes.
Ostrich or Kangaroo
What is a Ostrich
What is the formula for calculating distance?
what is d = s * t
Jim goes 10 miles south and 10 miles west. What is his displacement?
What is 14.14 miles SW.
What is the velocity of a deer that walks 5763 feet south in 3000 minutes?
What is 1.92 feet per minute south.
How far can an emu run if it runs 65 km/h for .56 hours?
What is 36.4 km.
Coyote or Zebra
What is a coyote.
Jim travels 37 miles in 57 minutes. What unit would my answer for his speed be in?
What is Miles per Minute.
Marie drives her car 22 miles east and then turns North and drives 31 miles. What is her distance and displacement?
What is 53 miles for Distance and 38.01 miles NE for displacement.
What is the velocity of Coach Stew if he sprints 40 yards east in 4.2 seconds?
What is 9.52 yards per second East
How many inches can I run in 1 hour if I run 5,000 ft/hr?
What is 60,000 inches.
Hippo or Human
What is a Hippo.