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Speed Worksheet
Use the following equations to answer the following speed questions.
Distance
Time
speed
Distance = Time X Speed
Time = Distance/Speed
Velocity = Distance/Time
1. If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed (velocity) of the football?
2. If it takes Ashley 3 seconds to run from the batters box to first base at an average speed (velocity) of 6.5
meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?
3. Bart ran 5000 meters from the cops and an average speed (velocity) of 6 meters/second before he got
caught. How long did he run?
4. If Justin races his Chevy S-10 down Highway 37 for 2560 meters in 60 seconds, what is his average speed
(velocity)?
5. Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed (velocity) of 20 meters/second for 500 seconds, how far did
he ride?
6. Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second, how long will it take her to complete the race
of 200 meters length?
7. Lauren’s SUV was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour, how many
kilometers per hour would she have been traveling over the limit if she had covered the a distance of 10
kilometers in 5 minutes?
Graphing Speed
INTERPRETING GRAPHSIn physics, a graph is “worth a thousand numbers”.
A great deal of information can be obtained by
looking and interpreting graphs describing motion
(displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration).
Distance vs. Time Graphs- To the right is
a typical graph displaying Distance vs.
Time. One or more objects may be
graphed at one time, so you can compare
the relative positions, speeds and
displacement as they relate to each other.
Directions: Answer the following questions
as they apply to the Motions graphs and
diagrams.
Graph 1: Questions 1-7
1. What does the slope of each line on
the graph tell you?
2. Which runner completed the 100m race in the least amount of time? What was his time?
3. Which runner started out the fastest?
4. What was Charlie doing between 8 seconds and 10.5 seconds?
5. What does a straight line on this graph tell you? A curved line?
6. At what distance and time did Albert overtake Bob?
Graph 2: Questions 8-13
Graph 2
7. What is happening between 9AM
and 11AM?
8. What do you think bicyclist is
doing between 11AM and 1PM?
9. What was the total distance
covered by 11AM, 1PM, and
4PM?
10. What was the average speed of the bicyclist between 9Am and 11AM?
11. Is the speed a positive or negative number? Could speed ever be a negative number?