Speed

Question 1

What is the speed equation?

Answer 1

The speed  equation is the distance travelled divided by the time taken.

Question 2

A car travels 50 miles and 120 minutes. What is the speed?

1.) How many hours in 120 minutes?
One hour is 60 minutes
So, 120 minutes is _ hours
2.) Remember the equation for average speed.
Average speed = ______ travelled divided by the time taken.
3.)Put the numbers in
Average speed = __ miles divided by 2 hours = __ miles per hour (mph)

Answer 2

1.) 2
2.) Distance
3.) 50 & 25