Speed, Distance, Time Practice

A mouse runs a distance of 2meters in 15 seconds. What is it's speed?

0.13m/s

The earth takes one year to go round the sun. The distance traveled is 584 million miles if there are 365 days in a year, what speed does the earth travel at in miles per day?

1,600,000 miles per day. Which is 66,666.67 mph

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

1083mph

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

120km

A beetle travels at a speed of 9cm/s., it travels a distance of 108cm before it is caught in a jar. How long did the beetle run for?

12s

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

136m

Carlisle is a distance of 135miles away from Airdrie. If I travelled at a constant speed of 45mph. How long would it take me to get there?

3 hours

Susie estimated that she can run for hours at a steady rate of 8mph. She enters a marathon, a distance of 26miles. How long should it take her to complete the race? Give answer in hours/minutes.

3 hours 15 minutes

Lauren walks 100m in half a minute. What must her speed have been to travel this distance?

3.33m/s

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

36km

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

4 hours

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

48km/h

A cyclist travels 20km in 4hrs. What speed did the cyclist cycle at?

5km/h

How long does it take to travel a distance of 672km at a speed of 96km/h?

7 hours

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

8 hours

John is a runner. He runs the 100m sprint in 10x6s. What speed did he travel at? (in m/s)

9.4m/s

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

90km/h

Callum writes down his jog times for each day. Mon - 15min Tue - 10min Wed - 12min Thu - 5min Fri - No jog. He jogs at a constant speed of 9km/h. Work out the distance he jogs each day. On which day did he jog the furthest?

Mon - 2.25km Tue - 1.5km Wed - 1.8km Thu - 0.75km. He travelled furthest on Monday

Marc was told his dinner would be ready at 18:00. He left his house at 12:00 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?

No, he arrived at 18:40

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

Yes, it travelled at 96km/h

Mr Dunn drives 64.8km from work at a speed of 48km/h. Mrs Dunn drives 81.2km from work at a speed of 58km/h. They both leave work at the same time. Who arrives home first?

a) Mr Dunn. He takes 1.35 hours. Mrs Dunn takes 1.4 hours

Neil travelled 36km at a speed of 8km/h. Grant travelled 48km at a speed of 10km/h. Whose journey was quickest?

a) Neil was quickest at 4.5 hours. Grant was 4.8 hours.