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Speed and Velocity Practice Worksheet

The document provides a practice worksheet with 18 questions about speed and velocity. The questions involve calculating speed and velocity using formulas and units for various scenarios involving balls rolling down ramps, people walking and biking distances, cars and planes traveling, and trains moving between cities. The final questions ask to explain the difference between velocity and speed and to convert a speed in km/h to m/s.

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Speed and Velocity Practice Worksheet

The document provides a practice worksheet with 18 questions about speed and velocity. The questions involve calculating speed and velocity using formulas and units for various scenarios involving balls rolling down ramps, people walking and biking distances, cars and planes traveling, and trains moving between cities. The final questions ask to explain the difference between velocity and speed and to convert a speed in km/h to m/s.

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Speed and Velocity Practice Worksheet

★ You may use a calculator. Please show all working out including the formula
used. Include all units.

1. Prod rolls a ball down a ramp until the ball hits the wall. The ramp is 8.5 m long and the
distance from the end of the ramp to the wall is 1.5 m. If it took 0.5 seconds for the ball to
hit the wall then what is the ball’s speed?

2. How much time does it take a person to walk 21 km north at a velocity of 6.5 km/h?

3. A family traveled 1425 km by car from home to another province in 8 hours. What was
the car’s average speed?

4. If an airplane travels a distance of 500 km in 2 hours, what is its average speed?


5. A boat is traveling a distance of 90 km at a speed of 25 km/s, how long will it take to
reach its destination?

6. An arrow is moving at 42 m/s and travels for 5 seconds. How far did the arrow travel?

7. How far will a bus travel if it averages a speed of 65 km/h for 6 hours?

8. What is the velocity of a car that traveled a total of 75 km north in 3.5 hours?

9. What is the velocity of a plane that traveled 2000 km west from New York to California in
5 hours?
10. Smart took 0.74 hours to bicycle to his grandmother’s house, a distance of 3 km. What is
his velocity?

11. It took 3.5 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a velocity of 140
km/h. How far did the train travel between the two cities?

12. How long would it take for a car to travel a distance of 200 km if it is traveling at a
velocity of 65 km/h?

13. A car is traveling at 100 km/h. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 730
km?
14. A plane traveled for about 2.5 hours at a velocity of 1600 km/h north. What is the
distance it traveled?

15. Ing is pedaling her bicycle at a velocity of 0.03 km/h east. How far will she travel in 4
hours?

16. Ing is pedaling her bicycle at a velocity of 0.03 km/h east. How far will she travel in 4
hours?

17. Explain what is the difference between velocity and speed.

18. The fastest human can run at 44 km/h. Convert this speed to m/s.

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