1. Speed is a rate.
2. The two quantities involved in speed are distance and time.
3. Speed is defined as the change in distance with respect to time.
Complete the table for the calculation of speed, distance and time
Distance Time = Speed =
420 km 6 hours
20 seconds 12.5 m/s
90 km 120 km/h
12 km 40 minutes
200 m 8 m/s
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Calculating and interpreting speed
Calculate and interpret the speed in each of the following situations
A timber lorry travelled a distance of 156 km in 3 hours. Dong Xuan ran 200 m in 25 seconds
The timber lorry travelled 52 km in an hour. Dong Xuan can ran ………metres every seconds.
Zhan Er cycles 12 km in 40 minutes. Calculate the Yi Jian walks to a shop over a distance of 100 m in 5
speed. minutes. Calculate the speed.
Answer: 20 m/min
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Malaysia’s Paralympic athlete, Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi clocked the fastest time of
12.07 seconds in the 100 metres event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Calculate the speed in the m/s.
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Khairul Hafiz and Badrul Hisham are young state sprinters. During a 100 m event. Khairul
Hafiz finished in 10.18 seconds while Badrul Hisham finished in 10.25 seconds. Calculate their
speed respectively.
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A car travels at a speed of 80 km/h. calculate
Shaun swims in a swimming pool at a speed of 2.8 m/s. Calculate
Convert the following speeds to the units stated in the brackets.
32 m/s [km/h] 100 m/s [km/h] 90 km/h [m/s] 72 km/h [m/s]
Answer: 115.2 km/h Answer: 360 km/h Answer: 25 m/s Answer: 20 m/s
90 km/h [km/min] 180 km/h [km/min] 120 m/s [km/min] 60 m/s [km/min]
Answer: 1.5 km/min Answer: 1.5 km/min
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14.5 m/s [m/min] 50 m/s [m/min] 240 m/min [km/h] 100 m/min [km/h]
Answer: 870 m/min Answer: 750 m/min Answer: 14.4 km/h Answer: 6 km/h
50 km/h [m/min] 0.8 m/s [km/h] 110 km/h [km/min] 12m/min [cm/s]
Answer: 20 cm/s
Marble A Marble B
Marble A Marble B
Marble A moves at equal distance in equal interval of Marble B moves at unequal distance in equal interval of
time. Thus marble A moves at a uniform speed. time. Thus marble B moves at a non-uniform speed
Therefore, uniform speed is the speed that covers Therefore, non-uniform speed is the speed that covers
equal distance in equal interval of time. unequal distance in equal interval of time.
The distance –time graph of a uniform speed is a The distance-time graph of a non-uniform speed is not
straight line. a straight line.
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Determine whether the data in each of the following tables show a uniform speed.
Distance (m) 5 10 15
Time (s) 2 4 6
Speed
……………………………………………………………………………………
Distance (m) 2 4 8
Time (min) 10 20 30
Speed
………………………………………………………………………………………
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State whether each of the following situations represents uniform speed or non-uniform speed.
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Yih Fan drove a trailer for 170 km within the first 2 hours and 190 km within the next 4 hours. Did Yih drive the
trailer at a uniform speed? Explain.
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Ong hit the golf ball from pole P to pole S passing through
pole Q and pole R. Did the golf ball have a uniform speed?
Explain.
Therefore, the speed of the golf ball is ………………………….
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1. Average speed is obtained by dividing the total distance
travelled by the total time taken of a journey or movement.
Amir started cycling from his house to town A
at 9:00 a.m.. Along the way, he stopped at a
pizzeria to rest and eat before he resumed his
journey. He arrived in town A at 12:15 p.m..
Calculate the average speed of the journey in
km/h.
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A bus departs from Puchong at 0825 and arrives in on the way home after work, Mr. Teoh drove at an
Perai at 1345. If the total distance travelled is 354 km, average speed of 80 km/h throughout the journey. If
calculate the average speed in km/h. Mr Teoh stated of at 5 p.m, calculate the time he will
arrive at home.
Answer:5.24 p.m.
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A express bus took 30 minutes to travel 35 km from Bukit Mertajam to Kulim. The bus then continued its journey
for another 235 km to Alor Setar for hours. Calculate the average speed, in km/h, of the bus.
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A van travelled 28 km from the factory to a shop with an average speed of 70 km/h. When the van returned to
the factory, it took 5 minutes less than the journey from factory to the shop. Calculate the average speed, in
km/h, of the van’s journey back to the factory.
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A lorry travels at a speed of 45 km/h for 2 hours from factory P to factory Q. Then the lorry takes 30 minutes more
for its return journey. Calculate the average speed.
Answer: 40 km/h
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Xue Chen drives from his house to his office in 2 minutes. If the distance between his house and the office is 1.5
km, calculate
Answer: 12.5m/s, 75 m
His average speed, in unit m/s, The distance travelled by him within the first 6
seconds.
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Siti joined a school trip to Kuala Lumpur. The school bus departed from
school (O) at 7.00 a.m.. On their way, They stopped at Ulu Bernam rest area B
from a short break. They continue their journey to Kuala Lumpur (C). The
graph shows the movement of the bus from the school to Kuala Lumpur.
Calculate the average speed of the trip in km/h.
Answer: 40.6 km/h
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The graph shows the movement of a car for a period
of 40 minutes. What is the average speed, in km/h,
of the whole journey?
Answer: 90 km/h
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The diagram shows the distance-time graph of the journey of Cik
Zurina from town P to town R through town Q. She stopped in town
Q to visit her friend.
i. Find the speed of the journey, in km/h, to her friend’s house.
ii. How long did she stop at her friend’s house?
iii. Calculate the average speed, in km/h, for the whole journey.
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Based on the given initial speed and final speed, mark ( ) for accelerate or decelerate.
Initial speed Final speed Accelerate Decelerate
10 m/s 15 m/s
63 km/h 5 km/h
0 km/h 50 km/h
36 m/s 100 m/s
50km/h 50 km/h
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Mark (/) the correct statement and (x) the incorrect statement.
a. Acceleration is the rate of change in speed with respect to time. ----------------------------------------------------[ ]
b. An acceleration of 1 km/h per second means the speed increases 1 km/h every second. ----------------------[ ]
c. When the speed of an object decreases, its acceleration is positive. ------------------------------------------------[ ]
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Calculate the acceleration or deceleration in each of the following.
A car moves with a speed of 20 km/h. Its speed A car moving at 60 km/h attained a speed of 90 km/h in
increases to 70 km/h within 4 seconds. 5 seconds.
Answer: 12.5 km/h per second Answer: 6 km/h per second
Danny decreases the speed of his car from 110 km/h to The speed of a motorcycle decrease from 72km/h to 54
80 km/h in 4 seconds. km/h in 10 seconds.
Answer: -7.5 km/h per second Answer: -1.8 km/h per second
A car moving at a speed of 15 m/s is brought to rest in A car decreases its speed from 25 m/s to 5 m/s in 4
3 seconds. seconds.
Answer: -5 m/s2 Answer: -5m/s2
An object accelerates uniformly from rest and reaches A car accelerates from 60 km/h to 110 km/h in
a speed of 24 m/s in 8 seconds. Answer: 100 km/h2
Answer: 3 m/s2
Calculate the deceleration for each of the following
i. The speed of a bicycle changes from 50 m / min to 35 m/min in 2 minutes.
ii. Ming Wei slows his car’s speed from 120 km/h to 90 km/h in 0.75 hour.
Answer: -7.5 m/min2 , 40 km/ h2
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Convert 420 m/min per min to km/min per minute. Convert 50 m/minutes2 to km/h2
2
Answer: 0.42 km/min Answer: 180 km/h2
Convert 7.2 km/h per second to m/s2 Convert 0.8 m/s2 to km/h2
Answer: 2 m/s2 Answer : 10368 km/h2
Convert 480 m/minutes per second to m/s2 Convert 12 km/ h per second to m/s2
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Justin drove at a speed of 70 km/h. He increased his speed to 100 km/h in 30 minutes. Calculate the acceleration
in
Answer: 60 km/h per hour, 0.0167 km/h per second
i. km/h per hour ii. km/h per second
The initial speed of a boat is 26 m/s. The boat is slowing In a 100 m training, Hisyam accelerates at 2 m/s2 until
down to 8 m/s in 6 seconds. Calculate the acceleration he reaches a maximum speed of 6 m/s for the first
or deceleration of the boat. 10 m. Then he continues running with the maximum
Answer: -3 m/s2 speed to reach the finishing line. He will be chosen as
the school’s representative if he can complete the 100
m run within 13 seconds. Determine whether he will be
chosen as representative of his school.
Answer: 18s, no
Lily drove her car from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca for a
distance of 150 km for 2 hours. She then continued her
journey to the Malacca town and increased her speed
to 110 km/ h for 30 minutes. Calculate the acceleration,
in km/h2, of the car.
Answer: 70 km/h2
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A car travelling at x m/s was stopped in 10 seconds. If A car that moves at a speed of 40 km/h decreases its
the acceleration is -1.5 m/s2, find the value of x. speed by 20% of it beginning speed within 40 seconds.
Answer: 15 m/s Answer: -0.2 km/h per second
Lily drove her car from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca for a A taxi accelerated from 2 m/s to 30 m/s in x minutes. If
distance of 150 km for 2 hours. She then continued her the acceleration is , find the value of x.
journey to the Malacca town and increased her speed Answer: 1.4 s
to 110 km/h for 30 minutes. Calculate the acceleration,
in km/h2, of the car.
Answer: 70 km/2
Lisnah accelerates her car 4 km/h per second while After maintaining a uniform speed of 74 km/h for 10
overtaking a car. If she has been driving at 100 km/h, minutes, the school bus driver increases his speed to 92
calculate her speeds after 5 seconds. km/h in 10 seconds to overtake a tour bus. Determine
the acceleration of the school bus in m/s2.
The diagram shows a speed-time graph for the movement of a toy lorry in 27
seconds. The deceleration of the toy lorry is 0.741 m/s2.
a. Calculate the speed, v, in m/second. Answer: 20m/s
b. Calculate the distance covered by the toy lorry after 2.2 seconds. Answer: 44 m
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