1. A car travels a distance of 540km in 6 hours. Calculate the speed of the car.
2. John is a runner. He runs the 100m sprint in 20.0 s. Calculate the John’s speed.
3. Lauren walks 400 m in 125 s . Calculate Lauren’s average speed.
4. A mouse runs a distance of 2.0 metres in 16 seconds. Calculate the speed of the mouse.
5. A rocket travels, a distance of 576 m in 6 s, calculate the average speed of the rocket
6. A cyclist travels 20 km in 4 hrs. Calculate the speed of the cyclist.
7. At the equator, the earth spins a distance of 25,992miles every day. Calculate the
average speed of the Earth in mph.
8. The distance between two cities is 144 km, it takes me 3 hours to travel between these
cities, determine my average speed.
9. A whale swims at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s for 17 s. Calculate the distance travelled
by the whale.
10.A girl cycles for 30s at a speed of 4 m/s. Calculate the distance she travels.
11. Jim travelled at a speed of 18.0 m/s for 2.0 s. Calculate the distance Jim travels.
12. A vehicle drives a distance of 26000 m at a speed of 65m/s, calculate the time taken for
this journey.
13. A train travels at a speed of 16 m/s and travel a distance of 3200 m, calculate the time it
takes the train to complete this journey.
14. Calculate the time it takes to travel a distance of 672 km at a speed of 96 km/h.
15. A beetle travels at a speed of 0.09 m/s, it travels a distance of 1.08 m before it is caught
in a jar. Calculate the time taken for the beetle to run.
16. Carlisle is a distance of 35 miles away from Lockerbie. If I travelled at a constant speed
of 117 mph. calculate the time taken for this journey.
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17. Susie estimated that she can run for hours at a steady rate of 8.0 mph. She enters a
marathon, a distance of 26 miles. Calculate the time it takes her to complete the race.
Give answer in hours/minutes.
18. The earth takes one year to go round the sun. The distance travelled is 584 million miles
if there are 365 days in a year,
a. Calculate the speed the Earth travels at in miles per day.
b. Calculate the speed of the Earth in miles per hour.
[Link] travelled 36 km at a speed of 8 km/h. Grant travelled 48km at a speed of 10 km/h
a. Determine whose journey took the shortest time.
b. Determine the time difference in minutes
20. Mr Dunn drives 64.8 km from work at a speed of 48 km/h. Mrs Dunn drives 81.2 km from
work at a speed of 58 km/h. They both leave work at the same time.
a. Calculate the time taken for each person to travel home.
b. State which person arrives home first.
c. Calculate the time between the first and second person getting home.
21. Marc was told his dinner would be ready at 18:00. He left his house at 12:00 and travelled
in his car at an average speed of 45 mph to his mum’s house 300 miles away.
a. Calculate the time taken for Marc to travel this distance.
b. Did Marc make it home in time for dinner? You must justify your answer by
showing all of your working
