Speed Practice Problems

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Speed Practice Problems
You may use a calculator to get your answer but you must show all 4 steps involved in doing the problem!
1. A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed
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2. 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 in the hallways and put on step). How much time will it
take to get to your class
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3. How far can your little brother get if he can travel 2.5 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his
squirt gun has run out of paint
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4. If you shout into the Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340m/s) to the bottom
of the canyon and back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where you can
hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you shout
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5. A man traveled the first 120 km of his trip in 4 hours and the next 120 km of the trip in 3 hours. What
was his speed for each segment of the trip and what was his average speed for the entire trip. (HINT:
You should have 3 different speeds).
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6. It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16km long. What is Serina’s average speed on
her drive to school
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7. In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk
traveled an average speed of 13.0m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air
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8. You are traveling at 100km/hr to make it to work on time. You have to be to work in 0.25 hour or you
will be late. You have 16km to travel. Will you make it to work on time (SHOW ALL WORK)
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9. A swimmer can swim 1000m in 360s. What is her average speed in m/s
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10. A bird flies at a speed of 4m/s. It flies for 2160 seconds from its nest to the field. How much distance
did the bird cover
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11. Bill and Amy want to ride their bikes from their neighborhood to school which is 14.4 kilometers away.
It takes Amy 40 minutes to arrive at school Bill arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in
meters/second) is Amy’s average speed for the entire trip ( HINT: Calculate speed for BOTH of them,
be sure to convert the time in minutes to seconds AND distance in kilometers to meters.)
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12. As you walk to Physical Science class, you start out at a speed of 2m/s, for a time of 120 seconds (you
are really excited to get to class). Then you see your friend and slow down to a speed of 0.5m/s for 30
seconds. You stop at your locker for 40 seconds (a speed of 0 m/s). You realize that you are about to
be late so you hurry to class at a speed of 1m/s and get to class just as the bell rings (4 minutes after
your trip started). How far did you travel total
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