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Calculating Speed Time and Distance

The document provides formulas and examples for calculating speed, distance, and time. It gives the three key formulas: Speed = Distance/Time, Time = Distance/Speed, and Distance = Speed x Time. Several examples are worked through to demonstrate solving for speed, time, and distance using these formulas.

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Calculating Speed Time and Distance

The document provides formulas and examples for calculating speed, distance, and time. It gives the three key formulas: Speed = Distance/Time, Time = Distance/Speed, and Distance = Speed x Time. Several examples are worked through to demonstrate solving for speed, time, and distance using these formulas.

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Speed, Distance & Time

Speed, Distance, Time


Calculations
The objective of this
lesson is to be able to use
the correct formulas to
calculate speed, distance
or time.
Reminder: How to change minutes into a decimal

15 mins = 0•25 hour


So: 3 hours 15 mins = 3•25 hours

30 mins = 0•5 hour


So: 7 hours 30 mins = 7•5 hours

45 mins = 0•75 hour


So: 2 hours 45 mins = 2•75 hours
The 3 formulas for Speed, Time & Distance:

Distance Distance
Time = Distance = Speed x Time
Speed = Speed
Time

Solving for Speed Solving for Time Solving for Distance

Remember them from D

this triangle: S T
A windsurfer travelled 28 km in 1 hour 45 mins.
Calculate his speed.

Distance
Speed = D
Time S T
28
=
1•75 1 hour 45 mins

= 16 km/h

Answer: His speed was 16 km / hour


Let’s Try It!
• Speed = ?
• Distance = 25miles
• Time = 10minutes

S T
Let’s Try It!
• Speed = ?
• Distance = 15km
• Time = 8min.

S T
Let’s Try It!
• What is the speed of a car that traveled 150
miles in 2.5 hours?

S T
Your Turn!
• Speed = ?
• Distance = 39m
• Time = 20sec

S T
Your Turn!
• Speed = ?
• Distance = 235m
• Time = 120sec

S T
Your Turn!
• If a train travels 1500m in 250sec, how fast
is the train traveling?

S T
A salesman travelled at an average speed of 50 km/h for
2 hours 30 mins. How far did he travel?

D
Distance = Speed x Time
S T

= 50 x 2•5 2 hour 30 mins

= 125 km

Answer: He travelled 125 km


Let’s Try It!
• Speed = 12m/s
• Time = 15s
• Distance Traveled = ?

S T
Let’s Try It!
• Kiarra walks to school in the morning. It
takes her 12 minutes to get to school when
she walks at a speed of 3 miles per hour.
How far does Kiarra live from school?

S T
Your Turn!
• Speed = 12mi./hr.
• Time = 3.4 hrs
• Distance Traveled = ?

S T
Your Turn!
• Jacob rides his bike to school. When he
pedals at a speed of 4 meters per second, it
takes him 9 minutes to get to school. How
far does Jacob live from school?

S T
Your Turn!
• When Chris takes the bus to school, it takes
him 15 minutes to get to school. If the bus
is traveling at a speed of 25 miles per hour,
how far does Chris live from the school?

S T
A train travelled 555 miles at an average speed of
60 mph. How long did the journey take?

Distance D
Time =
Speed S T

555
=
60

= 9•25 hours = 9 hours 15 mins

Answer: It took 9 hours 15 minutes


Let’s Try It!
• Distance = 251 miles
• Speed = 70 mi/hr
• Time = ?

S T
Your Turn!
• Distance = 235 km
• Speed = 42km/hr
• Time = ?

S T
Your Turn!
• Beth is part of the school track team. She
runs the 500 meter at a speed of 7 meters
per second. What was her final time at the
end of the race?

S T
Your Turn!
• Erica decides to walk home from school
with her friends. If her house 1540 meters
from school and she walks at a speed of 1.5
meters per second, how long will it take her
to walk home? How many minutes would
that be?
D

S T

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