Speed Problems Worksheet #1 - Mrs. Young



Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Hr: _________

Speed Problems:

1. Calculate the average speed (in meters/sec) if a Cheetah runs 140 meters in 5 seconds

2. Calculate the average speed (in km/hr) of Charlie who runs to the store 4 km away in 30 minutes? (convert minutes to hours!)

3. A bicycle rider travels 50.0 Km in 2.5 hours. What is the cyclist’s average speed?

4. What is the average speed (in miles per hour) of the car that traveled a total of 200 miles in 5.5 hours?

5. How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 2000 meters if sound travels at the speed of 330 meters per sec.

6. How much time would it take for an airplane to reach its destination if it traveled at an average speed of 790 km/hr for a distance of 5000 kilometers?

7. An ant can travel approximately 30 meters per minute. How many meters could an ant move in 45 minutes?

8. If humans originated in Africa and migrated to other parts of the world, some time would be required for this to occur. At the modest rate of one kilometer per year, how many centuries would it take for humans originating in Africa to travel to China, some 10,000 Kilometers away?

Velocity Problems

1. The fastest student at Valley can run a distance of 274 meters in 8.65 seconds at their top speed. What is their top speed?

2. Over the summer it took me 49.17 seconds to swim the 50.0 meter length of a pool. What was my speed?

3. An aircraft carrier traveled 4,727 kilometers east in 83 hours. What was the ship’s velocity in kilometers per hour?

4. If a student in PE runs at a speed of 8.3 meters per second around the school, how far will they travel in 300 seconds?

5. If I ran a distance of 10,000 meters with an average speed of 5.644 meters per second, how long would it take?

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