✩ Speed problems

How long will it take a bike rider 4 hours

to travel 36 mi at a constant 9 36
speed of 9 miles per hour? Time = Distance ÷ Speed
If a car traveled 150 mi 30 mph
at a constant speed in 5 hours, at 5 150
what speed was it traveling? Speed = Distance ÷ Time
If a bus travels for 5 hours at 5 x 40 = 200 mi
40 mph, how far does it travel? Distance = Speed x Time

A car travels along a road

at a steady speed of 60 mph.
How far will it travel in 6 hours?

A train covers a distance of 480 mi in

8 hours. If it travels at a constant speed,
how fast is it traveling?

John walks at a steady speed

of 3 mph. How long will it take
him to travel 24 miles?

A car travels at a constant

speed of 65 mph. How far will
it have traveled in 4 hours?

Melanie completes a long distance run

at an average speed of 6 mph. If it takes
her 3 hours, how far did she run?

Sarah cycles 30 mi to her

grandmother’s house at a steady
speed of 10 mph. If she leaves
home at 2:00 P.M., what time
will she arrive?

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find, i.e. speed, distance, or time, and refer to the formula necessary to do
this. Encourage children to develop simple examples that will help them to
remember the formulas.

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