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Calculating Speed

Speed = Distance

Time

  1. Nascar driver, Jeff Gordon, has a car that is one of the fastest on the circuit. If it travels 600 miles in 4 hours, what is his cruising speed?
  1. The fastest car on Earth, a German-made Thrust SSC, would win every Nascar race in America. If it takes 0.5 hour to travel 380 miles, what is its speed?
  1. The fastest train on Earth, the TGV from France, can travel at faster speeds than trains in the United States. During a speed test, the train traveled 800 miles in 2.5 hours. What is its speed?
  1. Spirit of Australia, a hydroplane boat, made speed records by traveling 239 miles in 0.75 hour. What is its record breaking speed?
  1. The fastest plane ever made, the Lockhead SR71, was able to travel 2200 miles per hour. Based on this speed, how far could it travel in:

a. 2 hours?b. 3 hours?c. 5 hours?

  1. A baseball player throws a baseball 35 yards in 3.8 seconds. What is the speed of the ball?
  1. Mike hit a long fly ball to left field. The left fielder picked up the ball and threw it 125 feet to the third baseman in 4 seconds. What was the speed of the ball?
  1. The third baseman relayed the ball to the catcher at home plate. Home plate was 97 feet away and the ball was in the air for 3 seconds. What was the ball’s speed?
  1. After scoring a touchdown, the Cowboys lined up for the kick off. The kicker kicked the football 60 yards deep into the end zone. The hang time of the ball was 8.5 seconds. What was the speed of the ball?
  1. If we are traveling 60 miles per hour on a trip to LA which is 240 miles away, how long will it take to get to LA assuming there are no traffic delays?
  1. If a dog is running at 22 feet per second, how far will he travel after 1 minute of running?
  1. If a giraffe runs for a half hour at a speed of 40 miles per hour, how far will the giraffe run?
  1. George goes on a bus trip to Dallas. The bus travels 100 miles in 1.5 hours and then stops for an hour break. The bus then travels the remaining 125 miles in 2 hours. What is the bus’s average speed?
  1. Sponge Bob decided to take a trip to MagicMountain. He left Fresno at 8:15 in the morning. He arrived in Delano at 10:15 and had breakfast. Then he continued until he reached Bakersfield where he stopped to go to the restroom. After 15 minutes he continued until he reached MagicMountain at 12:15. The trip was a total distance of 165 miles. What was Sponge Bob’s average speed for the whole trip?
  1. Scooby Doo set up 500 dominoes with a space of 3 cm between each domino. The total distance of the dominoes was 26 meters. When he knocked them over, the dominoes fell for 21 seconds. What was the average speed of the falling dominoes?

16. Big Bird decided to visit three of his friends. He got in his car and drove to Elmo’s house. It took Big Bird 10 minutes to drive the 5 miles. After visiting with Elmo for 20 minutes, he headed to Bertand Ernie’s house. This drive covered 15 miles and took 20 minutes. After a 25 minute stay, Big Bird headed to the Cookie Monsters house. The drive to Cookie Monster’s house was 10 miles away and it took BigBird another 15 minutes to get there. Because Cookie Monster wasn’t home, he was only there for 5 minutes. Big Bird then headed home, a trip that was 20 miles away and took him 25 minutes. Whatwas the average speed for Big Birds whole trip? (HINT: Change the minute to hours once you get the total number of hours.)