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Speed Problems
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Three different units that measure time:
Three different units that measure distance:
Three different units that measure speed:
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1. A car travels a distance of 150 miles in 3 hours. What is its average speed?
2. A garden caterpillar moves across a leaf, cutting a swath as it eats. After 15 minutes, it has eaten a line
that is 5 cm long. What is its average speed as it moves across the leaf?
3. How far will a satellite travel in 1 hour if it travels at an average speed of 3,000 km/hr?
4. How long will it take you to get to Ft. Worth (60 miles away) if you travel an average speed of 40 mi/hr?
5. It is 95 miles to Turner Falls in Oklahoma from Lake Dallas. If you travel at an average speed of 60 miles
per hour, how long will it take you to get to the Falls?
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