6th Grade Unit 5

90 km/hr

A car travels a distance of 540 km in 6 hours. At what speed did it travel?

90 km/h

A car travels a distance of 540 km in 6 hours. What speed did it travel?

Yes, it was going 96 km/hr

A car travels from the station to the beach, a distance of 576km in 6 hours. The car is only allowed to travel at a maximum speed of 90 km/hr. Did the car break the speed limit?

3s

A cheetah runs at a speed of 30m/s. How long does the cheetah take to run 90 meters?

3,472.2 m/s

A comet is cruising through the solar system and it travels 50,000 kilometers in 4 hours. What is the comet's speed in m/s?

4 km/hr

A cyclist travels 20 km in 4 hours. What speed did the cyclist travel at?

120 km

A girl cycles for 3 hours at a speed of 40 km/h. What distance did she travel?

120km

A girl cycles for 3 hours at a speed of 40 km/hr. What distance did she travel?

22.5 m

A mouse runs at .5 m/s for 45 sec. How far did the mouse get?

5m/s

A runner completes a 400 meter run in 80 seconds, what is her speed?

8 hours

A train travels at a speed of 30 miles/hour and travel a distance of 240 miles. How long did it take the train to complete its journey?

8hrs

A train travels at a speed of 30mph and travels a distance of 240 miles. How long did it take the train to complete its journey?

136 m

A whale swims at a constant speed of 8 m/s for 17 s. What distance did it travel?

5m/s

A wheelchair racer completes a 100meter course in 20seconds, what is his speed?

20 km/h

Alan travels 100km in 5hrs. Find his average speed in km/h.

motion

An object's change in position relative to a reference point

1,083 mph

At the equator, the earth spins a distance of 25,992 miles every day. What speed does the Earth spin in mph?

1083 miles/h

At the equator, the earth spins a distance of 25,992 miles everyday. What speed does the Earth spin at in miles/hour?

0.26 mi/min

For a long time it was the dream of many runners to run faster than the "4-minute mile." Now quite a few runners have achieved what once seemed an impossible goal. On July 2nd, 1988, Steve Cram of Great Britain ran a mile in 3.81 min. What was his speed?

1,600 m

How far can a speed-walker walk if she travels 4m/s for 400 seconds?

4 hours

How long does it take to drive a distance of 260 miles at a speed of 65 mph?

5s

How long would it take an object travelling 12m/s to go 60meters?

5hours

If a car travels 60km/h, how long would it take the car to travel 300km.

75 miles

If a car travels at 50 miles/hr, what distance will it travel in 1 1/2 hours

3miles/hr

If a man walks 3 miles in 1 hour, what is his speed?

36 km

Jim traveled at a speed of 18 km/h for 2 hours. What was the distance covered?

5 hours

Joanna drives for 400km at an average speed of 80km/h. How long was her journey?

9.43 m/s

John is a runner. He runs the 100m sprint in 10.6 seconds. At what speed did he travel?

360 m

Lauren walks at a speed of 12 m/s for half a minute. How far does she go?

12 km/hr over the speed limit

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 360 kilometers in 5 hours?

No, it will take him more than 6 hours to get home

Marc was told dinner would be ready at 6:00. He left his house at noon and traveled in his car at an average speed of 45mph to his mom's house 300 miles away. Did Marc make it home in time for dinner?

3.25 hours

Scott cycles at 4mph and covers a distance of 13 miles. How long does his journey take?

32 km

Shona cycles at an average speed of 8km/h. How far has she travelled if she cycles for 4 hours?

3 hrs

The distance between Rome and Venice is 144 km. If I travel at an average speed of 48 km/hr, how long will it take me to reach Venice?

48 km/h

The distance between two cities is 144 km. It takes 3 hours to travel between these cities. What speed did I travel?

vector

a quantity that has both size and direction

speed

the distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred

position

the location of an object

reference point

the location to which another location is compared

velocity

the speed of an object in a particular direction