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Determine the distance or displacement. Answers
Skylar travels 50 meters N and then goes 30 meters W before
coming straight back south 20 meters. What distance did she travel? 100 m
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400
meters back home. What distance did Bill travel? 800 m
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400
0m
meters back home. What was Bill's displacement?
A group of friends walks 50 meters directly North, stops, and then
travels 32 meters directly South. What is their displacement? 18 m North
Ray runs 30 meters North, 30 meters West, and then 30 meters
South. What is Ray's displacement? 30 m West
Calculate the speed, distance or time Answers
What is the speed of a car that traveled a total of 150 kilometers
50 km/h
north in 3 hours?
John took 30 minutes to bicycle to his grandmother’s house, a
5 km/h
total of 2.5 kilometers. What was his speed in km/hr?
A girl is pedaling her bicycle at a speed of 0.10 km/min. How far
18 km
will she travel in three hours?
A train travels 150 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. What is its
60 km/h
average speed?
A plane’s average speed between two cities is 750 km/hr. If the
1875 km
trip takes 2.5 hrs. how far does the plane fly?
How long would it take for a car to travel a distance of 180
3h
kilometers if it is traveling at a speed of 60 km/hr?
Jonathan throws a ball that moves at an average speed of 45
meters per second and travels for a total of 7 seconds. What 315 m
distance did the ball travel?
Sandra runs a new personal best in the 100-meter dash. Her
average speed is 7.4 meters per second. How long, to the nearest 13.51 s
hundredth, does it take her to run the race?
A car is traveling at 100 km/hr. How many hours will it take to
9h
cover a distance of 900 km?
What is the average speed of a bus that travels 170 km in 2 hours
77.5 km/h
and then slows down to 70 km/hr?
What is the average speed of a bus that travels 170 km in 2 hours
77.5 km/h
and then slows down to 70 km/hr?
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Jose's school is 4 km away. He walked 30 min at 5 km/hr when he
realized he was late and started running. How fast does he need to
run to make it to school before the bell rings in 15 minutes? (answer 6 km/h
in km/hr)
On the first part of a journey, a motorcyclist travels for 3 hours at
an average speed of 80 km per hour. On the second part of a
journey, the same motorcyclist travels for 90 minutes at an
average speed of 90 km per hour. How far does the motorcyclist
travel in total?
At the start of a trip, the odometer on a car read 34,432 km. At the
end of the trip, 13.5 hours later, the odometer read 35608 km. What
is the average speed the car traveled during this trip to the nearest
hundredth?
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