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More Motion Practice
1. What is the speed of a snake that moves 20 m in 5 seconds?
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2. A train is moving at a speed of 50 km/h. How many hours will it take the train to travel 600
kilometers?
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3. Calculate the average speed (in km/h) of a car that travels 280 km in 4 hours.
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4. How long (in seconds) will it take you to run 100 meters if you run at 5 m/s?
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5. A boat sails at an average speed of 20 km/h for two days. How far does the boat go?
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6. The distance between two cities is 300 kilometers. Is this longer or shorter than 200 miles?
7. Can you go 500 kilometers in 8 hours without driving faster than 55 mph?
8. Two students measure the time it takes for a race to finish. One measures 75.5 seconds. The
other measures 1 minute and 15.s seconds. Both students are correct. Why?
9. You leave your house at 7:30 a.m. to go to school. You arrive at 7:50 a.m. The school is 3
miles away from your house.
a. What was your average speed in mph?
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b. If the speed limit on the road was 40 mph, how long should it have taken you?
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c. Explain why your calculated time does not match the actual time it took you to get to school.