Units
Speed Formula
Calculating Speed
Calculating Average Speed
100
Hours is a unit for this measurement.
What is time?
100
This is the speed formula.
What is speed equals distance divided by time.
100
Joe ran 25 miles in 5 hours. This is his speed.
What is 5 mi/h?
100

Sam ran 10 miles then walked 5 miles then swam 5 miles. He ran for 2 hours, walked for 1 hour and swam for 1 hour. This is his average speed.

What is 5 miles/h?

200
Meters is a unit for this measurement.
What is distance?
200
D stands for this is the speed formula.
distance
200
A dog walked 12 feet in 4 seconds. This is his speed.
What is 3 ft/s?
200
Maria went home from school. She roller skated 15 yards then stopped to take off her skates and walked 25 yards. It took her 40 minutes in total to get home. This is her average speed.
What is 1 yard/min?
300
Kilometers/hour is a unit for this measurement.
What is speed?
300
t stands for this in the speed formula
What is time?
300
It took a skateboard 30 seconds to roll 60 yards. This was its speed.
What is 2 yards/s?
300

Deondre ran 10 meters then walked 12 meters then biked 5 meters. Each activity took 9 seconds. This is his average speed.

What is 1 m/s?

400
This is how you say m/s.
What is meters per second?
400
This is the average speed formula.
What is average speed equals total distance divided by total time.
400
A car drove 300 kilometers. The car was on the road for 3 hours. This is its average speed.
What is 100 km/h?
400
Isai biked 20 kilometers then drove a car 150 km and skateboarded 10 kilometers. Each activity took 2 hours. This was his average speed.
What is 30 km/h?