1. Speed, Distance, and Displacement Problems

2. Problems
1. The average speed of an object which moves 10 kilometers (km) in 30 minutes is ____.
Choose one answer
a) 10 km/hr
b) 20 km/hr
c) 30 km/hr
d) more than 30 km/hr

3. 2. the cross-country team begins to run at the school, run 10 miles and finishes back at the school.
Answer both parts!
A) What is their displacement?
B) What is their distance?
A) Displacement = 0 miles
B) Distance = 20 miles

4. 3. What is the distance and the displacement of the race car drivers in the Indy 500?
A) Displacement = 0 miles
B) Distance = 500 miles

5. 4. A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same direction. 
Answer all parts!
What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?
What is the man's distance for the whole journey? 
What is the man's displacement for the whole journey? 
A) Speed = 3 km/hr
B) Displacement = 9km
B) Distance = 9 km

6. 4. (continued) A man walks 7 km in 2 hours turns around walks 2 km in 1 hour in the opposite direction. 
Answer all parts!
What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?
What is the man's distance for the whole journey? 
What is the man's displacement for the whole journey? 
A) Speed = 3 km/hr
B) Distance = 9 km
C) Displacement = 5km

7. 5. You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0
5. You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 15 minutes later you are at the same point. 
Answer all parts!
What is your average speed for the whole journey? 
What is your average distance for the whole journey?
What is your average displacement for the whole journey?
A) Speed = 3.2 km/hr
B) Distance = 0.8 km
C) Displacement = 0 km

8. 6. John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at 50 km/h
6. John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at 50 km/h. Determine 
What is the man's average speed for the whole journey? 
What is the man's distance for the whole journey? 
What is the man's displacement for the whole journey? 

9. 7. A jogger runs at 3 m/s for 4000 meters
7. A jogger runs at 3 m/s for 4000 meters. How long did they run in seconds? Minutes?

10. 8. A dog escapes his pen and runs around the neighborhood for 3 hours
8. A dog escapes his pen and runs around the neighborhood for 3 hours. He has an average speed of 4 miles an hour. How far did he run?

11. 9. The mailman walks his route in 5 hours. He walks 1. 5 m/s
9. The mailman walks his route in 5 hours. He walks 1.5 m/s. How long is his route?

12. If you leave Gallup at 6 AM and drive until 2 pm and your average speed is 70 mph. How far can you travel?