Speed, Distance, Time Worksheet., Lecture notes of Physics

Download Speed, Distance, Time Worksheet. and more Lecture notes Physics in PDF only on Docsity! 1 | P a g e Speed, Distance, Time Worksheet. Use * m/s, km/h, or mph. Calculate Speed ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 1. A car travels a distance of 540km in 6 hours. Calculate the speed of the car. 2. John is a runner. He runs the 100m sprint in 20.0 s. Calculate the John’s speed. 3. Lauren walks 400 m in 125 s . Calculate Lauren’s average speed. 4. A mouse runs a distance of 2.0 metres in 16 seconds. Calculate the speed of the mouse. 5. A rocket travels, a distance of 576 m in 6 s, calculate the average speed of the rocket 6. A cyclist travels 20 km in 4 hrs. Calculate the speed of the cyclist. 7. At the equator, the earth spins a distance of 25,992miles every day. Calculate the average speed of the Earth in mph. 8. The distance between two cities is 144 km, it takes me 3 hours to travel between these cities, determine my average speed. Calculate Distance 𝑑 = ?̅? × 𝑡 9. A whale swims at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s for 17 s. Calculate the distance travelled by the whale. 10. A girl cycles for 30s at a speed of 4 m/s. Calculate the distance she travels. 11. Jim travelled at a speed of 18.0 m/s for 2.0 s. Calculate the distance Jim travels. Calculate Time 𝑡 = 𝑑 ?̅? 12. A vehicle drives a distance of 26000 m at a speed of 65m/s, calculate the time taken for this journey. 13. A train travels at a speed of 16 m/s and travel a distance of 3200 m, calculate the time it takes the train to complete this journey. 14. Calculate the time it takes to travel a distance of 672 km at a speed of 96 km/h. 15. A beetle travels at a speed of 0.09 m/s, it travels a distance of 1.08 m before it is caught in a jar. Calculate the time taken for the beetle to run. 16. Carlisle is a distance of 35 miles away from Lockerbie. If I travelled at a constant speed of 117 mph. calculate the time taken for this journey. 2 | P a g e Dance Questions- Questions with a twist! 17. Susie estimated that she can run for hours at a steady rate of 8.0 mph. She enters a marathon, a distance of 26 miles. Calculate the time it takes her to complete the race. Give answer in hours/minutes. 18. The earth takes one year to go round the sun. The distance travelled is 584 million miles if there are 365 days in a year, a. Calculate the speed the Earth travels at in miles per day. b. Calculate the speed of the Earth in miles per hour. 19. Neil travelled 36 km at a speed of 8 km/h. Grant travelled 48km at a speed of 10 km/h a. Determine whose journey took the shortest time. b. Determine the time difference in minutes 20. Mr Dunn drives 64.8 km from work at a speed of 48 km/h. Mrs Dunn drives 81.2 km from work at a speed of 58 km/h. They both leave work at the same time. a. Calculate the time taken for each person to travel home. b. State which person arrives home first. c. Calculate the time between the first and second person getting home. 21. Marc was told his dinner would be ready at 18:00. He left his house at 12:00 and travelled in his car at an average speed of 45 mph to his mum’s house 300 miles away. a. Calculate the time taken for Marc to travel this distance. b. Did Marc make it home in time for dinner? You must justify your answer by showing all of your working 22. Callum writes down his jog times for each day. Mon – 15 min Tue – 10 min Wed – 12 min Thu – 5 min Fri – No jog. a. State on which day did he jogs the furthest. b. He jogs at a constant speed of 9km/h. Calculate the distance he jogs each day. 5 | P a g e 11) 36 m ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 18.0 = 𝑑 2.0 𝑑 = 18.0 × 2.0 = 36 𝑚 12) 400 s ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 65 = 26000 𝑡 𝑡 = 26000 65 = 400 𝑠 = 6 min 40𝑠 13) 200 s ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 16 = 3200 𝑡 𝑡 = 3200 16 = 200 𝑠 = 3 min 20𝑠 14) 7 hours ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 96 = 672 𝑡 𝑡 = 672 96 = 7 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 15) 12 s ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 0.09 = 1.08 𝑡 𝑡 = 1.08 0.09 = 12 𝑠 16) 18 mins, 0.3 hours ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 117 = 35 𝑡 𝑡 = 35 117 = 0.3 ℎ = 18 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 6 | P a g e 17) 3 hours 15 mins ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 8 = 26 𝑡 𝑡 = 26 8 = 3.25 ℎ = 3 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 15 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 18) 1,600,000 miles per day. Which is 67 000, mph ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 = 584 000 000 365 = 1.6 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 = 584 000 000 (365 × 24) = 67 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑝ℎ 19) a) Neil was quickest at 4.5 hours. Grant was 4.8 hours. b) 18 mins ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 8 = 36 𝑡 𝑡 = 36 8 = 4.5 ℎ = 4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 10 = 48 𝑡 𝑡 = 48 10 = 4.8 ℎ = 4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 48 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 4 hours 48 mins- 4 hours 30 mins -= 18 mins, or 4.8-4.5 = 0.3 hours, which is 18 mins 20) a) Mr Dunn.takes 1.35 hours. Mrs Dunn takes 1.4 hours b) Mr Dunn arrives first c) by 3 minutes ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 48 = 64.8 𝑡 𝑡 = 64.8 48 = 1.35 ℎ = 1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 21 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 58 = 81.2 𝑡 𝑡 = 81.2 58 = 1.4 ℎ = 1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 24 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 Mr Dunn arrives first as he taks less time 1 hours 24 mins- 1 hours 21 mins -= 3 mins, or 1.4-1.35 = 0.05 hours, which is 3 mins 21) No, he arrived at 18:40 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 45 = 300 𝑡 𝑡 = 300 45 = 6.6 ℎ = 6 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 40 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝐼f Marc left at 12:00 and he takes 6 hours and 40 mins he will arrive at 18:40 or 6:40 pm. He therefore is late for dinner 7 | P a g e 22) a. Mon – 2.25 km Tue – 1.5 km Wed – 1.8 km Thu – 0.75 km. b. He travelled furthest on Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 15 mins =0.25 h 10 mins =0.1666666 h 12 mins =0.2 h 5 mins =0.083 h As he jogs at 9 km/h at all times! He travels furthest on Monday ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 9 = 𝑑 0.25 𝑑 = 9 × 0.25 𝑑 = 2.25 𝑘𝑚 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 9 = 𝑑 0.1666666 𝑑 = 9 × 0.16666666 𝑑 = 1.5 𝑘𝑚 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 9 = 𝑑 0.2 𝑑 = 9 × 0.2 𝑑 = 1.8 𝑘𝑚 ?̅? = 𝑑 𝑡 9 = 𝑑 0.083 𝑑 = 9 × 0.083 𝑑 = 0.75 𝑘𝑚