Speed

1.      Find the average speed in m/s if
(a)  a car travels 12 000 m in 480 seconds
(b)  a train travels 42 km in 2100 seconds
(c)  a car travels 90 km  in 20 minutes.

2.      (a)  What time, in seconds, would it take an object to travel a distance of 72 m
       at a speed of 3 m/s?
(b)  An object travels at a speed of 7 m/s for 80 seconds. Calculate the distance travelled.
(c)  Calculate the time it takes an object to travel a distance of 480 m at a speed of 30 m/s.

3.      Express the following speeds in m/s
(a)  36 km/hr          (b)        144 km/hr        (c)        180 km/hr
(d)  720 km/hr        (e)        108 km/hr        (f)         252 km/hr

4.      Express the speed 1200 m per minute in km per hour.

5.      A journey of 276 km began at 1040 hrs and ended on the same day at 1430 hrs.
Find the average speed in km/hour.

6.      A journey of  8 km took 40 minutes.
Find the average speed in metres per second

7.      An athlete ran 1500 metres in 4 minutes.
Find the average speed of the athlete in metres per second.

8.      A distance of 375 metres is travelled in 25 seconds.
Find the average speed in kilometres per hour.

9.      It takes 4 hours and 20 minutes to travel a journey at an average speed of 120 km/hr. How many hours and minutes will it take to travel the same journey if the average speed is reduced to 100 km/hr?

10.  A cyclist started a journey of 56 km at 1015 hours and finished the journey at 1135 hours.
Calculate the average speed of the cyclist in km/hr.

11.  A distance of 18 km is travelled in 25 minutes.
Find the average speed in m/s.

12.  A train travelled 155 km at an average speed of 62 km/hr.
How long did the journey take?