Directions: Solve for what is asked in the following problems. Show your Solutions.

Provide extra sheet of paper for your

solutions.

1. If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

2. If you can move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?
3. How much time will it took a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is travelling at 1 m/s?
4. How far can you get away from your little brother with a squirt gun filled with paint if you can travel at 3 m/s and you
have 15 seconds before he sees you?
5. How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 2.5 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirt gun has
run out of paint?
6. You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallway in about 1.5 m/s (if you run any faster,
you’ll be caught for running). How much time will it take to get to your class?
7. You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did you travel?
8. A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
9. If you shout into the ground canyon. Your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of the canyon and
back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where he can hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you
shout?
10. It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Serina’s average speed on her drive to
school?
11. In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk travelled at an
average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air?
12. A cyclist covers a distance of 15 miles in 2 hours. Calculate his speed.
13. A boy walks at a speed of 4km/h. How much time does he take to walk a distance of 20 km?
14. A taxi hurries with a constant speed of 84 km/h. How far can it travel in 5 hours?
15. A car takes 4 hours to cover a distance, if it travels at a speed of 40 miles/hr. what should be its speed to cover the same
distance in 1.5 hours?
16. John drove for 3 hours at a rate of 50 miles per hour and for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour. What was his average speed
for the whole journey?
17. If I drive from Oxford to Cambridge at 40 miles per hour and then from Cambridge to Oxford at 60 miles per hour, what
is my average speed for the whole journey?
18. On Alberto’s drive to his aunt’s house, the traffic was light, and he drove the 45-mile trip in one hour. However, the
return trip took his two hours. What was his average trip for the round trip?
19. Mae took a non-stop flight to visit her grandmother. The 750-mile trip took three hours and 45 minutes. Because of the
bad weather, the return trip took four hours and 45 minutes. What was her average speed for the round trip?

Directions: Solve for what is asked in the following problems. Show your Solutions. Provide extra sheet of paper for your
solutions.

1. If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

2. If you can move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?
3. How much time will it took a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is travelling at 1 m/s?
4. How far can you get away from your little brother with a squirt gun filled with paint if you can travel at 3 m/sand you
have 15 seconds before he sees you?
5. How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 2.5 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirt gun has
run out of paint?
6. You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallway in about 1.5 m/s (if you run any faster,
you’ll be caught for running). How much time will it take to get to your class?
7. You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did you travel?
8. A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
9. If you shout into the ground canyon. Your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of the canyon and
back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where he can hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you
shout?
10. It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Serina’s average speed on her drive to
school?
11. In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk travelled at an
average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air?
12. A cyclist covers a distance of 15 miles in 2 hours. Calculate his speed.
13. A boy walks at a speed of 4km/h. How much time does he take to walk a distance of 20 km?
14. A taxi hurries with a constant speed of 84 km/h. How far can it travel in 5 hours?
15. A car takes 4 hours to cover a distance, if it travels at a speed of 40 miles/hr. what should be its speed to cover the same
distance in 1.5 hours?
16. John drove for 3 hours at a rate of 50 miles per hour and for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour. What was his average speed
for the whole journey?
17. If I drive from Oxford to Cambridge at 40 miles per hour and then from Cambridge to Oxford at 60 miles per hour, what
is my average speed for the whole journey?
18. On Alberto’s drive to his aunt’s house, the traffic was light, and he drove the 45-mile trip in one hour. However, the
return trip took his two hours. What was his average trip for the round trip?
19. Mae took a non-stop flight to visit her grandmother. The 750-mile trip took three hours and 45 minutes. Because of the
bad weather, the return trip took four hours and 45 minutes. What was her average speed for the round trip?