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Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to equations involving distance and speed. Choose the best answer.
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What is the speed, in inches per second, if a spider travels 9 inches in 3 seconds?
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A frisbee traveled 79.8 feet in 8.4 seconds. What was the average speed of the frisbee in feet per second?
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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?
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In a cross-country meet, Wally ran 150 meters in 2 minutes. Express his speed in meters per hour.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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? |
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