SPEED

AND
ACCELERATION
FORM 2
CHAPTER 9
PA G E 2 2 5
KEYWORDS
• Speed
• Distance
• Time
• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Average speed
• Uniform speed
• Non-uniform speed
• Stationary
THINGS TO KNOW
SPEED FORMULA
Speed is the rate of change of •

distance with respect to time •UNIT: km/h or m/s

KEYWORDS
UNITS CONVERSION
•Time: how long, duration • = 1000m
• Distance: how far • = 60 min = 3600sec
EXAMPLE 8:
Two towns A and B are 450km apart. A car travels from town A at an
average speed of 50km/h. How long does it take to reach town B?

hours

The car takes 9 hours to reach town B.

EXAMPLE 11:
A car travels at a speed of 90km/h. Find its average speed in m/sec.

Speed = 90km/h  m/sec

m/sec
1km= 1000m
1h = 60 min = 3600 sec

The average speed is 25m/sec.

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UNIFORM SPEED VS NON-UNIFORM SPEED
• Uniform speed is a speed that is always the same or constant.

• Non-uniform speed is a speed that is not equal or not constant.

AVERAGE SPEED
It is impossible for a bus to move at a uniform speed throughout its whole
journey. Therefore the average speed is used to describe the speed of the
bus.

𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑=
𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
THINGS TO KNOW – AVERAGE SPEED
FORMULA KEYWORDS
• •Time: how long, duration
• Distance: how far

  Case 1 Case 2 Total

UNITS Speed    
• = 1000m
Distance      
• = 60 min = 3600sec
Time      
 Total distance
10 + 14 = 24km

Total Time
10 + 20 + 15 = 45 min

A to C
  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Total
A to B Stop at B B to C
Speed     ?
Distance  10 km    14 km
Time  10 min  20 min  15 min
 a) A to B

km

B to A
Case 1 Case 2 Total
 
A to B B to A
Speed 100km/h  75km/h ?
Distance 150km
 ? 150km
 
Time  1hr 30min  
 b) Combined journey

Case 1 Case 2 Total

  km/h
A to B B to A
Speed 100km/h  75km/h ?
Distance 150km
 ? 150km
 
Time  1hr 30min 2hours
 
 Case 1

km
Case 3

160 km
  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Total
Speed 90km/h 80km/h
Distance 180km   340km
Time 0600 hour  ?
2hours hours
 Case 1

km
Time arrival atCase Johor
3
Bahru
0600 + 2hr + hr + 2 hr
160 km
= 1030
  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Total
Speed 90km/h 80km/h
Distance 180km   160km 340km
Time 0600 hour  ? hours
2hours 2hours
9.2 ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION
• An acceleration is the rate of change of speed with respect to time.

• /

• Unit for Acceleration/ Deceleration