Speed Practice Problems
1.
A car travels 300 km in 6 hours. What is the average speed of the car (in km/hr)?
2.
What is the speed of a jet plane that flies 7200 km in 9 hours (in km/hr)?
3.
A storm is moving toward your house at a speed of 20 km/hr. It is now 60 km away from your house.
In what time will the storm reach your house?
4.
A swimmer can swim 1000 m in 360 seconds. What is her average speed in m/s?
5.
A rocket is launched from the launch pad at a speed of 700 km/hr. How far will the rocket have traveled after 1.0 hour?
6.
A jogger sprints 100 m in 13 seconds. What is her average speed?
7.
What is the average speed of a walker who walks 500 m in 400 seconds?
8.
As you walk to physics class, you start out at a speed of 2 m/s, for a time of 120 seconds (you’re really excited to get to class). Then you see your friend and slow down to a speed of 0.5m/s for 30 seconds.
You stop at your locker for 40 seconds (a speed of 0 m/s). You realize that you are about to be late so you hurry to class at a speed of 1 m/s and get to class just as the bell rings (4 minutes after your trip started). How far did you travel total?
9.
A truck travels down the highway at a speed of 110 km/hr. How long does the trip last if the truck covered 2200 km?
10. You are traveling at 100 km/hr to make it to work on time. You have to be to work in .25 hr or you will be late. You have 16 km to travel. Will you make it to work on time?
11. A bird flies at a speed of 4 m/s. It flies for 2160 seconds from its nest to the field. How much distance did the bird cover?
12. At the circus, the Human Cannonball is fired from his cannon at a speed of 350 m/s. How long does it take him to fly 200 m?
13. A student practicing for a track meet ran 250 m in 30 seconds. What was her average speed?
14. If the same student from problem 13 ran 300 m in 30 seconds the next day, by how much did her speed increase?
15. A car traveled 1027.88 km from Harrisburg, PA to Chicago, IL in 11.75 hours. What was the average speed of the car?