Math Skills: More Practice
Velocity
1.
Amy Van Dyken broke the world record
for a 50.0 m swim using the butterfly
stroke in 1996. She swam 50.0 m in
26.55 seconds. What was her average velocity
assuming that she swam the 50.0 m
in a perfectly straight line?
2.
If Amy Van Dyken swam her recordbreaking
50 m by swimming to one end of
the pool, then turning around and swimming
back to her starting position, what
would her average velocity be?
3.
When Andy Green broke the land speed
record, his vehicle was traveling across a
flat portion of the desert with a forward
velocity of 341.11 m/s. How long would it
take him at that velocity to travel 4.500 km?
4.
If a car moves along a perfectly straight
road at a velocity of 24 m/s, how far will
the car go in 35 minutes?
5.
If you travel southeast from one city to
another city that is 314 km away, and the
trip takes you 4.00 hours, what is your
average velocity?
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.