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Calculating Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration
Speed Calculations: S=Distance/Time. All answers must be in m/s or m/s2. Show all work!
1. Calculate the speed of London running (frolicking) through a field if he is covering 23.7 meters in 54 seconds.
2. If Macy covers a distance of 347 meters in 4 minutes what is her speed?
3. What is the speed of a baseball that Cam throws if it travels 49 meters in 2.4 seconds?
4. What is the distance a fly, named Emil, flies at a speed of 4m/s in 8 seconds?
5. If the distance covered by Jack is 2,541km through the park and the time it took to cover that distance was 43.6
minutes, what is Jack’s speed?
6. What is the time it takes Sam to limp 4 meters at a speed of .5 m/s?
7. What is the time it takes a pig to roll a distance of 6 meters at a speed of 8 m/s?
Velocity Calculations: V=Displacement/Time. Show all work!
8. Calculate the velocity of Cason’s dirt bike that travels 556 kilometers northeast in 180 seconds. Hint: You have to
convert to meters.
9. Which object has a greater velocity, a ball rolling down a 3.4 meter hill in 6 seconds or Emil swimming upstream and
covering 5.4 meters in 0.4 minutes? Hint: You’ll have to calculate both.
10. If a bird named Ian flies north 387 meters in 5.8 minutes, what is its velocity?
11. How long does it take Briana to swim a total displacement of 23 m S at a velocity of 4km/s?
12. Calculate the velocity of Chico climbing a mountain moving northeast at a pace of 1.6 km in 1.4 hours? Hint: You
have to convert to meters and seconds.
13. What is the displacement of Madelyn walking north to her home home at a velocity of 1.9 m/s in 70 seconds?
14. How long does it take for Ryan to run a displacement of 19 m NE at a velocity of 8.4 m/s?
15. What is the displacement of Thomas, who drives a car at a velocity of 53 m/s for 7 minutes?
Acceleration: A= final velocity-Initial velocity/Time. Show your work!
16. Jade’s car accelerates uniformly in a straight line from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration?
17. Amani is skating on a cold winter day and goes from a standstill to a speed of 6.7 m/s in 12 seconds. What is the
acceleration of Amani?
18. Alana is pushing a stroller (she’s playing house) and starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 0.500m/s. What is
the velocity of the stroller after it has traveled for 4.75 minutes?
19. During a race, Cassi increases from 5.0 m/s to 7.5 m/s over a period of 1.25 seconds. What is Cassi’s average
acceleration during this period?
20. As Noah comes to a stop on his bike, he slows from 9.00m/s to 0.00m/s in 5.00 seconds. Find the average
acceleration of Noah on his bike. Hint: It will be a negative number.
21. Avianah is coming to a stop on a roller coaster and she slows from 50 m/s to 12 m/s in 4 minutes. What is her
average acceleration?
22. Hannah is coming to a stop on a Merry-Go-Round. She decelerates from 18 m/s to 2 m/sin 15 seconds. What is her
average acceleration?