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Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Practice Problems
1. Find the average velocity of a bicycler that starts 150 meters north of town and is 1200 meters north of town
after 30 minutes.
2. Explain what is wrong with the following statement. A man walked at an average velocity of 5.2 m/s.
3. A school bus takes 0.53 hours to reach the school from your house. If the average speed of the bus is 19 km/h,
what is the distance traveled by the bus?
4. A person starts running from 3 m/s to 9 m/s in 2 seconds. Calculate the person’s acceleration.
5. A plane flies 4000 miles in 5 hours. Calculate the plane’s speed.
6. A car travels from 20 meters to 60 meters in 10 seconds. Calculate the car’s speed.
7. A car travels at 60 m/s for 8 seconds. Calculate the distance it travels.
8. A bike moves 50 m in 5 seconds. Calculate the speed of the bike.
9. A plane stops from 300 mph in 15 hours. Calculate the planes acceleration.
10. On holiday, a family travels from Meyerville (10 miles away) to Sprytown (50 miles away), in 3 hours. Calculate
the family’s speed.
11. A car travels 10 m/s for 5 seconds. Calculate how far it traveled?
12. You’re meeting a friend at 6 pm. She lives 180 miles away. The speed limit is 60 mph. When do you need to
leave?
13. A race car starts at 400 m/s and then stops in 20 seconds. Calculate the car’s acceleration.
14. A bike goes 12 m/s for 6 seconds. Calculate how far the bike traveled?
15. You travel from Maine (100 miles away) to Vermont (300 miles away), in 4 hours. Calculate your speed.
16. A plane starts at rest and ends up going 200 m/s in 10 seconds. Calculate acceleration.
17. Every summer I drive to Pennsylvania. It is 895 km to get there. If I average 100 km/h, how much time will I
spend driving?
18. The fastest train in the world moves at 500 km/h. How far will it go in 3 hours?
19. How long will it take light moving at 300,000 km/s to reach us from the sun if the sun is 15,000,000 km from
earth?
20. A driver starts his parked car and within 5 hours reaches a speed of 60 km/h, as he travels east. What is his
acceleration?
21. In a summer storm, the wind is blowing with a velocity of 8 m/s north. Suddenly in 3 seconds, the wind’s
velocity is 23 m/s north. What is the wind’s acceleration?
22. How much time does it take a person to walk 12 km north at a velocity of 6.5 km/h?
23. A car traveled 1425 km from El Paso to Dallas in 12.5 hours. What was the car’s speed?
24. An arrow is moving at 35 m/s and travels from 5 seconds. How far did the arrow travel?
25. A patriot missile is moving at 240 km/h east and travels to its maximum speed of 450 km/h east in 3 hours.
What is the acceleration?
26. What is the acceleration of a car that goes from 65 km/h to 125 km/h in 5 seconds?
27. If the velocity of a car is 45 km/h west, how far can it travel in 0.5 hours?
28. If a boat travels a distance of 500 km in 5 hours, what is the average speed?