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Name_______________________ Date ____________ Physical Science

Speed and Velocity Practice

Identify the following measurements as being distance (d), time (t), or speed (s).

|2.345 m/s |2.33 seconds |0.0235 km/hr |

|235.23 meters |76.24 cm |258.45 km |

|32.54 mph |3.25x 108 km/hr |478 cm/min |

|865.22 hours |275 yards |87.24 feet |

Solve the following problems. You MUST list the given, equation and show how you solve the problem.

1. Find the speed of a long-distance runner who runs 30 km in 6 hours.

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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2. A jet airplane flies from St. Louis, Missouri, to Phoenix, Arizona, in 3 hrs. The distance is 1,500 miles, what is the plane's speed?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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3. How far could a person running 10 km/hr travel in 2.75 hours?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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4. How long would it take a sprinter to run a 100 m race if they ran 5.50 m/s?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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5. A train travels a distance of 1200 kilometers in 20 hours. What is the speed of the train?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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6. Find the distance that a car going 25mph would travel in 12.75 hours?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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7. How long would it take a train traveling 150 km/hr to travel 2500 km?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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8. Emily rode her horse 2 hours and traveled 4 miles. What was her speed?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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10. Sally drove at a speed of 50 km / hr south for 2 hours. How far did she travel?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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11. Hannah was driving northeast at a velocity of 60 km/hr for 0.5 hrs. How far did she travel?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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12. Two planes leave the same airport. One plane is flying east at a velocity of 300 km/hr and the other plane is flying south at a velocity of 350 km/hr. If both planes traveled for 2 hours, what distance did each plane travel?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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13. A high school student ran the 100 meter dash in 12.20 seconds. What was the student's velocity?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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A horse ran 5.75m/s for 3.5 min, how far did it travel? (HINT change min to seconds)

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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15. A funny car at a drag strip went 800 meters in 9 seconds. What was its velocity?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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What distance could a pigeon flying 25.35m/s if it flew for 6250seconds?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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If a hiker walked a 5 kilometer trail at a rate of 0.25 km/hr how long did it take the hiker to finish?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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A dog chased a ball 25 meters in 3 seconds, what was the speed of the dog?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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How long would it take a model rocket traveling 5.25 m/s to climb 950 meters?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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20. What distance could the rocket in problem 19 travel in 6.50 min (or 390 seconds)?

| Given |Equation |Solve |

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