Name:
Date:
Block:
Speed and Velocity Practice
1. Identify the units as speed (S), distance (D), time (T), or velocity (V).
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m
_____ km/hr south
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_____
min
_____ mi/hr
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_____
ft/s north
_____ cm
_____
_____
m/s
_____ hr
_____
ft
cm/min forward
s
mi
2. A car travels from Crystal Lake to Algonquin, going south for 7.2 miles in 12.3 minutes. What is the
speed of the car?
Write the formula:
Plug in what you know:
Solve and label answer with unit:
3. Using your answer from the previous question, what is the VELOCITY of the car?
4. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
5. A toy dune buggy is traveling at a speed of 42 cm/s. How far will the dune buggy travel in 4.1
seconds?
Write the formula:
Plug in what you know:
Solve and label answer with unit:
6. A mouse is running at a speed of 28 cm/s. If the mouse runs for 12.7 seconds, what distance did it
run?
Write the formula:
Plug in what you know:
Solve and label answer with unit:
7. A train is traveling at a velocity of 138.4 km/h east. A child on the train rolls her ball down the aisle
with a velocity of 1.8 km/hr east. What is the resultant velocity of the ball?
Draw a picture with vectors:
Solve the problem: (include units and DIRECTION!)
8. You are riding on the bus. The bus is traveling north at a velocity of 30 mi/hr. Your water bottle
comes out of your backpack, and starts rolling toward the back of the bus. The water bottle is
moving at a velocity of 1.2 mi/hr south. What is the resultant velocity of the water bottle?
Draw a picture with vectors:
Solve the problem: (include units and DIRECTION!)
9. An escalator is moving downward at a velocity of 5.8 m/s. A child runs upward on the escalator, at
a velocity of 1.1 m/s. What is the resultant velocity of the child on the escalator?
Draw a picture with vectors:
Solve the problem: (include units and DIRECTION!)
10. At the airport, you are walking forward at a velocity of 2.4 m/s on the moving walkway. The
moving walkway is moving forward at a velocity of 3.8 m/s. What is your resultant velocity?
Draw a picture with vectors:
Solve the problem: (include units and DIRECTION!)