Calculating Average Speed

Calculate average speed like a pro! Practice speed, distance, & time problems.

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 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