Speed Equation Problems

0.13 m/s

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

8 hr

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?

136 m

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

300 m

How far can a cheetah run if it runs at a speed of 20 m/s for 15 s?

45 m

How far can you get away from your little brother with the squirt gun filled with paint if you can travel at 3 m/s and you have 15s before he sees you?

12.5 m

How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 2.5 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirt gun has run out of paint?

2.167 hr

How long does it take a marathon runner to complete the 26 mile race at an average speed of 12 mi/hr?

4.4 hr

How long does it take to drive a distance of 264 miles at a speed of 60 mi/hr?

5 s

How much time will it take for a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is traveling at 1 m/s?

64 km/hr

It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Serina's average speed on her drive to school?

48 km/hr

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

2 km/hr

What is the average speed of a bird that flies 1 km in 30 minutes? Express your answer in km/hr

2.5 m/s

What is the average speed of a lizard that runs 100 m in 40 s and then runs an additional 50 m in 20 seconds?

2 cm/s

What is the average speed of an ant that crawls 1 m in 50 seconds in cm/s?

2 m/s

You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did you travel?