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Year 9 Speed, Distance and Time Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 9 Speed, Distance and Time Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Use speed = distance ÷ time, distance = speed × time and time = distance ÷ speed. Change minutes to hours (÷ 60) before calculating.

1.A car travels 50 km at an average speed of 25 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 2 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 50 ÷ 25
  2. = 2 h = 2 hours
2.A train travels at 40 km/h for 1 hour. How far does it travel?

Answer: 40 km

  1. time = 1 h
  2. distance = speed × time = 40 × 1
  3. = 40 km
3.A car travels 195 km at an average speed of 65 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 3 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 195 ÷ 65
  2. = 3 h = 3 hours
4.Layla travels 90 km in 2 hours. What is the average speed in km/h?

Answer: 45 km/h

  1. time = 2 h
  2. speed = distance ÷ time = 90 ÷ 2
  3. = 45 km/h
5.A train travels at 120 km/h for 5 hours. How far does it travel?

Answer: 600 km

  1. time = 5 h
  2. distance = speed × time = 120 × 5
  3. = 600 km
6.A car travels 480 km at an average speed of 120 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 4 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 480 ÷ 120
  2. = 4 h = 4 hours
7.A car travels 135 km at an average speed of 45 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 3 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 135 ÷ 45
  2. = 3 h = 3 hours
8.A car travels 100 km at an average speed of 50 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 2 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 100 ÷ 50
  2. = 2 h = 2 hours
9.A car travels 100 km at an average speed of 20 km/h. How long does the trip take?

Answer: 5 hours

  1. time = distance ÷ speed = 100 ÷ 20
  2. = 5 h = 5 hours
10.A train travels at 25 km/h for 4 hours. How far does it travel?

Answer: 100 km

  1. time = 4 h
  2. distance = speed × time = 25 × 4
  3. = 100 km
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