Calculating average speed

Calculate average speed easily! Learn the formula and solve science problems.

Write your name in the box Period you have science Match the term on the left with the definition on the right. speed the distance an object travels in a certain time velocity speed in a given direction Distance cm, km, or m Time seconds, hours, minutes If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds how fast is it going? 2m 20m 8000m 20mph A cheetah is able to run 40 meters in 1.5 seconds. What is the cheetah's average speed? 60 m 0.04 m 26.7 m I don't have enough information to calculate this. Sarah's cousin ran a race at a speed of 12 m for 8 seconds. What was the distance of the race? 9.6 m 90 m 1000 m 96m A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9,000 seconds. What was the planes speed? 43.889mph 200 m 43.889m 309m Serina takes 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16km long. What is Serina's average speed on her drive to school? 0.64 km 0.64 h 640 km 64 km Speed=Distance Watch the video and answer the questions that follow: Speed is the measure of.... the distance an object travels in a certain time. Pause 1:07 Usain Bolt set the record of 9.58s in the 100m . His speed was 10.44m Pause 1:24 A formula 1 car can travel 375km in 1 hour Can we determine if Usain Bolt is faster than the Formula 1 car when given the speeds for both? (Pause video 1:44) Use at least TWO complete sentences for your response. What must be the same in order to figure out which speed is faster? (1:50) Times Colors Units None of the above Pause Video (2:40) and solve both problems.A car traveled at 50km for 3 hours. How far did the car travel? 16.67 km 150 km 16.67 km 150 hours Pause Video (2:40) and solve both problems.A person walked 5 km at a speed of 3km How long did it take them? 140 hours 2 hours 1.6667 hours 60 minutes DST Chart Draw the DST chart. (Triangle)Label ALLParts of the Triangle. Listen to the audio message for further details. Fill in the blank triangle. Distance Speed Time X / / Color of Car: Speed Distance Time Red 6.4 km 352km 55 min Purple 6km 300 km 50 min Green 8.7 km 542 km 62.2min