If you move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?
What is 5 m/s?
100
How much time will it take for a bug to travel 15 meters across the floor if it is traveling at 1 m/s?
What is 15s?
100
How far can you get away from your little brother with the squirt gun filled with paint if you can travel at 2.5 m/s
and you have 17s before he sees you?
What is 42.5m?
200
If a car travels 300m in 20 seconds how fast is it going?
What is 15 m/s?
200
You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallways at about 1.5 m/s. (if you run
any faster, you’ll be caught for running). How much time will it take to get to your class?
What is 133.33s or 133s or 2 min and 13s?
200
How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 3 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirt
gun has run out of paint?
What is 15m?
300
You arrive in my class 35 seconds after leaving math which is 70 meters away. How fast did you travel?
What is 2 m/s?
300
In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk traveled at
an average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air?
What is 10.7s or 10.69s?
300
Lauren completes a long distance run at an average speed of 6 mph. If it takes her 3 hours, how far did she run?
What is 18 miles?
400
A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
What is 43.88 m/s?
400
A reindeer flies at an average speed of 8 meters per second, how long will it take it to travel 200 meters?
What is 25 seconds?
400
Mrs. Dana rides a motorcycle at an average speed of 20 meters/second for 500 seconds. How far did she ride?
What is 10,000m?
500
It takes Serina 15 minutes to drive to school. Her route is 16 miles long. What is Serina’s average speed in mph?
What is 64 mph?
500
Keegan cycles 30 mi to his grandmother’s house at a constant speed of 10mph. If he leaves home at 2:00 P.M., what time will he arrive?
What is 5:00pm?
500
A comet is cruising through the solar system at a speed of 5,000 miles per hour for 240 minutes. What is the total distance traveled?
What is 30,000 miles?
500
Ethan and Alden want to ride their bikes from their neighborhood to school which is 14.4 kilometers away.
It takes Alden 40 minutes to arrive at school. Ethan arrives 20 minutes after Alden.
How much faster (in meters/second) is Alden’s average speed for the entire trip?
What is:
Alden's speed: 14400m/2400s = 6m/s
Ethan's speed: 14400m/3600s= 4m/s
Final Answer: Alden is 2m/s faster.