Speed, Time, and Distance Practice Problems

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

1,083 mph

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

1,600 m

How long does it take an object traveling at 9 m/s to cover a distance of 13 m?

1.4 s

Usain Bolt got the world record for 100 m when he ran 9.58 seconds in 2009. What was his average speed?

10.4 m/s

Calculate the speed in m/s of an object that travels 2 km in 3 minutes.

11.11 m/s

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?

12 km/hr over the speed limit

How far in meters will an object traveling at 2.4 km/minute for 5 minutes travel?

12,000 meters

How far can your 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?

12.50 meters

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

120 km

A train traveled to New York City which is 1500 miles away. It took the train 12 hours to get there. What was the speed?

125 m/h

You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallways at about 1.5 m/s. (if you run any faster, you'll be caught for running in the hallway.) How much time will it take to get to your class?

133.33 m/s

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?

15.75 mi/hr

A bumble bee traveled 9.7 ft moving at a speed of .5 ft/s. How long did it take the butterfly to fly 9.7 ft?

19.4 s

A fish was moving at the speed of 10 m/s for 1900 seconds. How far did he travel?

19000 m

Calculate the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 30 seconds.

2 m/s

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

2 m/s

How long does it take an object traveling at 16 m/s to cover a distance of 3200 m?

200 s

If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

20m/s

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

22.5 m

A Lamborghini travels 1750 miles at a speed of 70 miles/hour. How long did it take the Lamborghini to travel 1475 miles?

25 miles/hour

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?

3 hrs

How long in minutes and seconds does it take an object traveling at 35 m/s to cover a distance of 6500 m?

3 minutes and 5 seconds

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?

3,472.2 m/s

The Earth travels a distance of 940 million kilometers every year. By calculating the number of seconds in a year, roughly how fast is the Earth traveling in m/s?

30,000 m/s

A Cheetah ran 97 m/s for 340 seconds. How far did the Cheetah run?

32980 m

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

360 m

A car is traveling 2700 ft at a speed of 7.5 ft/s. How long did it take the car to travel 2700 ft?

360 s

A car traveled 55.5 m in 696 s. How far did the car travel?

38628 m

An object travels at 15 m/s for 27 seconds. How far has it traveled?

405 m

An object covers 3.6 kilometers in 1 minute 24 seconds. What is its speed in m/s?

43 m/s

A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9,000 seconds. What was its speed?

4389 m/s

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 15 s before he sees you?

45 m

A plain flew to Georgia which is 12450 miles away. It took the plain 25 hours to get there. What was the speed?

498 m/h

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

5 km/hr

If you move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?

5 m/s

A bus went 25 m at a speed of 5 ft/s. How long did it take the bus to travel 25 m?

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?

5m/s

A baseball flew 90 ft from out field and landed after 1.5 min. what was the baseball speed?

60 ft/s

`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?

64 km/h

The circumference of the Earth is roughly 40,075 kilometers. How fast is a person standing on the equator traveling in m/s?

646 m/s

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

8 hrs

Calculate the distance in meters traveled by an object traveling at 0.04 m/s for 200 seconds.

8 m

If you can shout into the Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of the canyon and back, you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where you can hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you shout?

884 meters

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

9.43 m/s

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

90 km/hr

Bill and Amy want to ride their bikes to school which is 14.4 kilometers away. It takes Amy 40 minutes to arrive at school. Bill arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in meters per second) is Amy's average speed for the entire trip?

Amy's speed is 2 m/s faster than Bill's. (6m/s compared to 4 m/s)

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 45 mph to his mom's house 300 miles away. Did Marc make it home in time for dinner?

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

A car travels from the station to the beach, a distance of 576 km 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?

Yes, it was going 96 km/hr