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Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to equations involving distance and speed. Choose the best answer.

1.
What is the speed, in inches per second, if a spider travels 9 inches in 3 seconds?

Choose:
  27 12 6 3




2.
A frisbee traveled 79.8 feet in 8.4 seconds.  What was the average speed of the frisbee in feet per second?

Choose:
  9.5 19.0 71.4 88.2




3.
It takes a snake 480 hours to travel 12 miles.  At this rate, how many hours will it take the snake to travel 9 miles?

Choose:
  90 200 300 360




4.
In a cross-country meet, Wally ran 150 meters in 2 minutes.  Express his speed in meters per hour.

Choose:
  9 60 120 4500




5.
Diego drove from home to a concert at a speed of 60 mph for 2½ hours.  After the concert, he drove the same route home in the rain at a speed of 50 mph. How long, in hours, did the return trip home take?

Choose:
  2 3

 

 

6.
A delivery truck leaves a warehouse and travels due east to its destination.  This trip can be modeled by the equation D = 148 - 58t, where D is distance and t is time in hours.  What does the 58 represent?

Choose:
  truck' speed remaining distance
  hours diving length of trip

 

 

7.
An antique car travels 45 miles from point A to point B in exactly one hour.  When the car is halfway between point A and point B, a truck leaves point A, traveling the same roadway, at 65 miles per hour.  How many miles has the truck traveled when the car reaches point B?
Choose:
  22½ 32½ 35 45


 

8.
Jeff rides his electric scooter to basketball practice at the school gym.  The scooter travels at a consistent speed of 15 mph.  If it takes 20 minutes to get to the gym, how many miles it is between his home and the gym?
Choose:
  5 2 3 4


 

9.
Colleen leaves Midway Park on her bicycle heading home at a speed of 4 mph.  Two hours later, her brother, Tom, leaves the park on his bicycle heading home at a speed of 5 mph.  How long, in hours, would it take for Tom to catch up with Colleen?
Choose:
  6 8 10 12

 


10.
During a snowmobile trek, Zack drove
30 mph for 2 hours and then drove 35 mph for 3 hours.  What was Zack’s average rate of speed, in miles per hour, for this entire trek?
Choose:
  30 33 35 32½



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