Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

Master speed, velocity, and acceleration! This worksheet offers practice problems to calculate and understand motion concepts.

What is the speed of a sailboat traveling 100m in 140s? 1.4m .71m 40m What is the speed of a softball traveling 52m in 1.9s? 46.8m .037m 27.4m What is the speed of a horse that runs a distance of 1.2 miles in 2.4 minutes? 0.5 miles 2 miles 2.9 miles Calculate the speed of a dog running through a yard covering 24m in 52s. .54m 2.2m .46m Sheila is a cross-country runner and she covers a distance of 250m in 150s. What is her speed? .6m 1.7m 1.3m Katie traveled southwest a distance of 4000m on a bicycle in 5400s. What is her velocity? .74m SW 1.35m SW 1.11m SW What is the velocity of a car that travels 556km northwest in 3.2 hours? 1779 km NW .006km NW 174 km NW If a projectile is fired north 390m in 7.8s, what is its velocity? 50m N 0.2m N 312m N What is the velocity of a car traveling 75 miles southeast in 1.5 hours? 40mph SE 50mph SE 60mph SE Your starting velocity is 10 m north and you see a pool of frozen water in front of you. You immediately slow down and stop in 2 s. What was your acceleration? 5 m -5m .2 m -.2m Suppose Tim rides a bike at a velocity of 10 m north. As he starts to climb a hill his velocity decreases to 5 m north. Is the acceleration positive or negative? positive negative A car is said to go "zero to sixty in six point six seconds". What is its acceleration in m 396 m 9.09 m .11 m