SPEED!

The formula needed to calculate the speed of an object is distance

divided by time. Speed= Distance (m) / Time (s)

Questions:
1. Usain bolt travels 100 meters in10 second. What was his
average speed?
Using formula: Speed= Distance (m) / Time (s)
Bolts speed= 100m / 10 seconds
= 10 m/s
2. Mr Hancock runs 100 meters in 20 seconds.
What is Mr Hancocks average speed?
Mr Hancock speed= 100m/ 20 seconds
= 5 m/s
Therefore Bolt is faster than Mr Hancock. He can run the same
distance in less time.

Finding the distance or time

3. Usain Bolt Runs at the same speed for 20 seconds. How far
does he go?
To do this we need to rearrange the formula!
Speed (m/s)

Distance (m)

Time (s)

Distance (m)

Speed(m/s)

Usain Bolts distance=

Time (s)

10 m/s x Time (s)

4. How far would Mr Hancock run in the same amount of time?

Distance (m)

Mr Hancock

Speed(m/s)

distance= 5 m/s
= 100m

time(s)

x 20s

5. Usain Bolt runs at 10 m/s over a distance of 300m. How long

does it take him?
Speed(m/s)

Distance (m)

Time (s)

Time (s)

To rearrange we need to do 2 steps:

Speed(m/s)

Speed (m/s)

Time (s)

Distance (m)

Time(s)

= Distance (m)

= Distance (m)

/ Speed (m/s)

Usain Bolt time (s) = 300m / 10 m/s

= 3000 (s/m)

Advanced Questions:

Q1. How long does it take sound to travel 660 meters?

Time (s) = Distance (m) / Speed (m/s)
= 660m / 330 m/s
= 2 Seconds

Q2. How far does sound travel in 10 seconds?

Distance(m)

= speed (m/s) x Time(s)

=

330 m/s x 10s

3300 m

The speed of sound is 340.29 m / s

The speed of light is 299 792 458 m / s

The fastest animal on earth is Cheetah and can run: 112120 km/h (70
75 mph)[

It take to go to madrid 5 hours and 5 minutes

It take to fly to Madrid 1 hour and 1 minute