1. Find the missing values in the following table.
2. A car travels a distance of 2 000 metres in a time of 160 seconds. Calculate the average speed of the car in metres per second.
3. Jane jogs to work every day at an average speed of 4 ms-1.
Most days it takes her 600 seconds to reach work.
Calculate how far she jogs.
4. A model train travels around 10 m of track at an average speed of 1•5 ms-1. How long does this take?
5. Christopher takes 26 seconds to swim one length of a swimming pool.
If the pool is 50 metres long calculate his average speed.
6. How far will a cyclist travel in 60 seconds if he is cycling
with an average speed of 13 metres per second?
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7. Calculate a hurdler’s time if she completes the 400 m hurdle race with an average speed of 7 ms-1.
8. How far will a jet aircraft travel in 5 minutes if it flies at 400 metres per second?
9. A train travels 200 km in 1h. How far would it travel in 1 second?
10. The Channel Tunnel is approximately 50 km long. How long will it take a train travelling at 90 ms-1 to travel from one end of the tunnel to the other?