Speed Distance and time:

1. A bicyclist travels 60.0 kilometers in 3.5 hours. What is the cyclist’s average
speed?

2. What is the average speed of a car that traveled 300.0 miles in 5.5 hours?

3. How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 1,500 meters
if sound travels at a speed of 330 m/sec?

4. How much time would it take for an airplane to reach its destination if it
traveled at an average speed of 790 kilometers/hour for a distance of 4,700
kilometers? What is the airplane’s speed in miles/ hour?

5. How far can a person run in 15 minutes if he or she runs at an average speed
of 16 km/hr?(HINT: Remember to convert minutes to hours.)

6. A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How many meters
can the snail cover in 15 minutes?

7. Calculate the average speed (in km/h) of a car stuck in traffic that drives 12
kilometres in 2 hours.

8. How long would it take you to swim across a lake that is

10. You have trained all year for a marathon. In your first attempt to run a marathon, you
decide that you want to complete this 26-mile race in 4.5 hours.
a. What is the length of a marathon in kilometers (1 mile = 1.6
kilometres)?
b. What would your average speed have to be to complete the race
in 4.5 hours? Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

11.Suppose you are walking home after school. The distance from school to your home
is five kilometers. On
foot, you can get home in 25 minutes. However, if you rode a bicycle, you could get
home in 10 minutes.
a. What is your average speed while walking?
b. What is your average speed while bicycling?
c. How much faster you travel on your bicycle?
12. You ride your bike for a distance of 30 km. You travel at a speed of 0.75 km/
minute. How many minutes does this take?

13. A train travels 225 kilometres in 2.5 hours. What is the train’s average speed?

14.An airplane travels 3,260 kilometres in 4 hours. What is the airplane’s average
speed?

15. A person in a kayak paddles down river at an average speed of 10 km/h. After 3.25
hours, how far has she travelled?

16.The same person in question 18 paddles upstream at an average speed of 4 km/h.

17. An airplane travels from St. Louis to Portland, Oregon in 4.33 hours. If the distance
travelled is 2,742 kilometres, what is the airplane’s average speed?

28. The airplane returns to St. Louis by the same route. Because the prevailing winds
push the airplane along,
the return trip takes only 3.75 hours. What is the average speed for this trip?

29. The airplane refuels in St. Louis and continues on to Boston. It travels at an average
speed of 610 km/h. If the trip takes 2.75 hours, what is the flight distance between St.
Louis and Boston?

30. A lion is running with constant speed. The time-distance table contains the
distances from the starting point at different times. Use the table to answer the
following questions:

time (seconds) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
distance 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
(meters)
a) How far did the lion get in 3 seconds?
b) What is the speed of the lion?
c) How far does the lion get between the 4 th and the 7th second?
 31.An elephant is running at constant speed. The time-distance diagram contains the
distances from the starting point at different times. Look at the diagram and answer the
following questions:

35
30
distance

25
20
15
10
5
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

time

a) How far did the elephant get in 4 seconds?

32.
33. What is the speed in miles /hour of a cheetah that travels 112.0 meters in 4.0
seconds?[Hint : there are 1,609 meters in one mile]
 Ans :The speed of the cheetah in miles per hour is 63 mph

1. A cyclist covers 1200 metres in 10 min, then

a. a] calculate his speed in m/sec as well as in km/hr.

b. b] How much distance will he travel in 3.5 hours?

c. c] How much time will he require to cover 3.6 km?

2. A car travels a certain distance in 4 hours when it is moving at a speed of 70

km/hr. How much time would it have taken if it were moving 20 km/hr faster?

3. A train 500 m long is travelling at 36 km/hr. In what time will it cross a telegraph

post?
4. A train 500 m long is travelling at 72 km/hr. In what time will it cross a bridge 100

m long?

5. A train passes a telegraph post in 40 seconds moving at a speed of 36 km/hr.

Find the length of the train.

6. A train is 150 m long. How much time will it take to cross a platform of length 250

m, if it running at a speed of 90km/hr ?

7. A train is 200 m long and is running at the speed of 72km/hr. How long will it take

to

a. a] go past a man standing on the platform?

b. b] go past the platform 400 metres long?

8. A rabbit can run a 5m/s and a monkey can run at 5km/hr. If they start a race,

who will be ahead after half an hour and how much distance?

9. 16. A car covers a certain distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed of 54km/hr.

What must be the speed of the bus in order to reduce the time of journey to 40

min?

10. 17. A train 270 m long takes 20 sec. to cross a bridge 330 m long; find

a. i] the speed of the train in km/hr.

b. ii] time taken by it to cross an electric pole.

11. 18. A train 475 m long is running at 72km/hr. If it crosses a platform in 50 sec.,

find the length of the platform.

12. 19. A train 540 m long passes an electric pole in 18 sec. Find the speed of the

train.
 13. 20. A motor car does a journey in 10 hours., the first half at 21km/hr, and the rest

a 24km/hr. Find the distance.

14. 22. Find the length of a bridge, which a train 130 m long, travelling at 45km/hr,

can cross in 30 seconds.

15. 23.Two trains travel 270 km and 375 km in 5 hours, and 7.5 hours, respectively.

Find the ratio between their speeds.

16. 24. A train 240 m long is running at 54km/hr. How many seconds does it take to

pass completely through a tunnel of 300 m long?

17. 25. A car travels 90 km in 2 hours. What distance will it travel in 5 hours?

18. 26..A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a certain distance in 6 hours.

How long will it take to cover this distance if the speed is increased to 80 km/hr?