Hornet Science



Distance vs. Time Graph Practice

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Write your answers on a separate piece of paper. You are to work quietly with your partner. This sheet must be completed. Do not leave your seat. If you have questions, raise your hand.

A Porsche 911 was traveling down I-77 on its way to Charlotte from Colombia S.C. The trip is 200 miles. After 30 minutes the car went 50 miles, after an hour the car went 100 miles, after an hour and a half he hit traffic and the car only went 125 miles, after another half hour, the car reached charlotte and went a total of 200 miles.

1. Set up a neat informational chart showing this information

2. Graph the information in a Distance V.s Time Chart.

3. Determine the speed the car was going for the first hour of the trip

Ms. Murray was running away from the school Friday afternoon. The teacher lot was full so she had to park down the block. Ms. Wright ran 100 meters in 60 seconds, 200 meters in 120 seconds, 300 meters in 180 seconds, stopped to catch her breath for 60 seconds, and then ran the last 100 meters to her car in another 60 seconds.

1. Set up a neat informational chart showing this information

2. Graph the information in a Distance V.s Time Chart.

3. Determine Ms. Murray’s speed when she stopped to catch her breath.

4. Determine Ms. Murray’s speed the first three minutes of her run

Ms. Coakley decided to go on a vacation to California. When she got on to her plane it sat on the runway for the first hour. By the second hour she had taken off and was traveled 300 miles, by the third hour the plane had gone 400 miles, by the third hour of the trip she was at 500 miles! Finally as she was getting close to California, the plane had traveled another 300 miles in half an hour and then she landed.

1. Set up a neat informational chart showing this information

2. Graph the information in a Distance V.s Time Chart.

3. Determine Ms. Coakley’s speed at 2 hours of travel.

4. Determine Ms. Coakley’s speed at 4th hour of her trip.

Ms. Lloyd decided to rent a boat and sail to Puerto Rico. She left from Savannah and traveled down the coast at a constant speed. At 1 hour she went 400 miles, at 2 hours she went 800 miles, in 3 hours she went 1200 miles, in 4 hours she went 1600 miles, and in 5 hours she was napping on a lounge chair in San Juan.

1. Set up a neat informational chart showing this information

2. Graph the information in a Distance V.s Time Chart.

3. Determine Ms. Lloyd’ speed throughout the trip.

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