Speed
Distance
Time
Averages
Wall Candy
100

A car drives 120 miles in 3 hours. Calculate the average speed, in mph, of the car.

40 mph

100

A pigeon flies for 7 hours at a speed of 70 km/h. Calculate how far the pigeon flies.

490 km

100

A lorry travels 100 miles at an average speed of 25 mph. Work out how long the journey lasts.

4 hours

100

Find the median for the set: {4, 4, 3, 9, 5}

4

100
List 4 types of diagrams covered in the chapter.

Stolpdiagram, stapeldiagram, cirkeldiagram, linjediagram

200

Harry cycles 8 kilometers in 30 minutes. Calculate his average speed, in km/h.

16 km/h

200

Fiona drives for 4 hours. Her average speed is 25.5 mph. How far does Fiona drive?

102 miles

200

Edith leaves her home at 11:50 am. She travels 75 miles at an average speed of 30 mph. At what time does she finish the journey.

11:50 + 2,5 hours = 14:20

200

Find the mode (typvärdet) for the set {8, 4, 5, 8, 5, 4, 8}

8

200

The train was scheduled to arrive at 5:10 p.m. However, it was delayed for 25 minutes. What time was it when the train arrived?

5:35 p.m. or 17:35

300

The distance between two cities is 2898 miles. The plane journey took 6 hours. Calculate the average speed of the plane in mph.

4983 mph

300

Roger drives for 2 hours 15 minutes at an average speed of 36 mph. How far does Roger drive?

81 miles

300

A plane travels at an average speed of 550km/h. The plane travels 3300 kilometers. Calculate how long the plane journey took.

6 hours

300

Find the mean (medelvärdet) for the set {10, 13, 11, 13, 13}

60/5 = 12

300

2 dygn = –?– h

48 hours

400

Thomas drove from Junction 2 to Junction 3 on a road. The distance between the junctions is 12 miles and it takes 15 minutes. Hannah also drove from Junction 2 to Junction 3 on the same road. She drove at an average speed of 50 mph. Who has the faster speed? Show work.

Thomas has a speed of 12 x 4 = 48 mph.  Hannah is faster.

400

Three cities, A, B, and C, are located along a straight highway in that order. The total distance from City A to City C is 120 miles. The distance from City A to City B is 1/3 of the total distance from A to C. The distance from City B to City C is the remainder of the total distance. What is the distance, in miles, between City B and City C?

80 miles

400

Crazy Bob decides to fly his drone directly into an upcoming truck to see what happens. The truck is going at 80 km/h and his drone at 100 km/h. How long is it before the drone hits the truck if they start 200 m apart? Answer in seconds.

0,2/180 x 3600 = 4 seconds

400

Find the mean (medelvärdet) for the set {5, 12, 13, 16, 12, 14, 12, 5, 10}

99/9 = 11

400

You began cross country skiing at 7:35 am and finished at 14:25. How long were you skiing? Du börjar åka längdskidor kl 07:35 och slutar kl 14:25. Hur länge åkte du skidor?

6 hours 50 min

500

Martin runs 2 kilometers in 2 minutes. Calculate his average speed. Give your answer in m/s

60 km/h = 16 2/3 or about 16,67 m/s

500

The speed limit on a road is 50 mph. A car drives 19 miles in 22 minutes. Is the car breaking the speed limit? You must show your work.

The car is driving about 52 mph.  It is breaking the speed limit.

500

Two trains of length 170 m and 160 m respectively are running at the speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr on parallel tracks in the opposite direction. How long will it take for them to pass each other?

0,33/90 x 3600 = 13,2 seconds

500

A team of 5 friends gets an average pocket money of 150 kr per week. A sixth friend who gets 210 kr as pocket money per week joins their team. What is the average pocket money of the team now?

(150 x 5 + 210) / 6 = 160 kr/week

500

Two boys are running in the same direction from the same place at the speed of 10 km/hr and 6 km/hr. Find the distance between them after 20 minutes.

1 1/3 or about 1,33 km