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Calculating Speed
Worksheet
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Speed formula: ​ v = d/t
Where ​v = speed (or velocity), d = distance, t = time
Reminder:​ ​We are measuring speed in​ kilometers
Per hour (kph).
Example​: A bicycle has travelled 10 kilometers in 66 minutes. What is its speed in kph?
What are we trying to find?
Speed (v)
Solve the problem:
​ 0km​/​1.1hours
1. v = 1
What formula do we need to use?
V = D/T
What do we know?
D = 10km
T = 66minutes
What do you need to convert?
66 minutes/60 = 1.1 hours
2. v =​ 9.09kph
1. A baseball is thrown a distance of 19 meters in 3 seconds. What was the ball’s average
speed?
What are we trying to find?
Solve the problem:
What formula do we need to use?
What do we know?
What do you need to convert?
2. A car races a distance of 3km in 2 minutes. What was the car’s average speed?
What are we trying to find?
What formula do we need to use?
What do we know?
What do you need to convert?
Solve the problem:
3. A runner completes a 10km race in 45 minutes. What was their average pace?
What are we trying to find?
Solve the problem:
What formula do we need to use?
What do we know?
What do you need to convert?
4. In 2 hours, a cyclist bicycled 20km. What was their average speed?
What are we trying to find?
What formula do we need to use?
What do we know?
What do you need to convert?
Solve the problem: