Goal - I can use our average speed equation to solve problems and make predictions.
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Your family takes a road trip to visit your Aunt in Indiana. Your family gets on the highway at mile marker 15 and gets off the highway at mile marker 165. If you were on the highway from 9am to 11am then what was your average highway driving speed?
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Two students on the track team race each other. Student #1 completes the 100 meter dash in 14.2 seconds and the other in 15.3 seconds. How much faster, in meters per second, was the faster student?
A person is walking to their friend's place. It takes them 25 minutes to walk the 1.5 miles. What was their average walking speed in miles per minute?
0.06 miles per minute
16.67 miles per minute
26.5 miles per minute
A toy car is turned on at time = 4 seconds and turned off at time = 12 seconds During that time the toy car travels 2.7 meters. Determine the average speed of the toy car in units of meters per second.
21.6 miles per second
2.96 miles per second
0.34 meters per second
A toy car is turned on and travels 120 inches before being turned off. The time between it being turned and off was 15 seconds. Determine the average speed of the toy car in units of feet per second.