Goal - I can use our average speed equations to solve for travel distance or travel time.
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Yesterday you walked 0.6 hours from Pritzker to your friend’s place. If you walked with an average speed of 260 feet per minute then how far does your friend live from Pritzker?
Show all your work using the "Want", "Have", and "Organize" process. If units cancel then show that.
Organize: (1 hour = 60 minutes)
Extra Practice (recommended not required)
Question 6
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You and a friend walk 20 blocks across town to a new phone store. You walk at an average rate of 60 meters per minute. If you continue at that rate, what is the total walking time, in minutes, to reach the new phone store?
Organize: (1 block = 200 meters)
You and a friend go sledding at a hill outside of Chicago. If your average speed down the hill is 3 meters per second then how much time will it take you to reach the bottom of the 282-foot-long hill?
Student #1 has a rubber band car that travels 5 yards. Student #2 has a rubber band car that travels at 2 feet per second for a time of 6 seconds. Which car traveled farther and by how much farther did they travel than the other car?
(1 yard = 3 feet)
Student #1's car traveled 7 feet farther than student #2's car.
Both cars traveled the same distance.
Student #1's car traveled 3 feet farther than student #2's car.
For part of your trip to Florida, your family's car travels a distance of 80 miles per hour. If you drive at the same rate for the entire trip, how many hours will it take to make the 2,219-kilometer trip?