Distance and Speed to Time - Variables (Level 1)

This math topic focuses on calculating the time required for travel given different rates of speed and distances. The specific skills practiced include manipulating and solving formulas involving variables for speed, distance, and time. Problems include a variety of units such as meters per millisecond, centimeters per millisecond, meters per hour, meters per day, centimeters per minute, and centimeters per second. Each question challenges the learner to derive the correct time by applying formulas adapting these variables, enhancing their understanding of direct and inverse relationships in the context of motion.

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Speed - Distance and Speed to Time - Variables Worksheet

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Speed - Distance and Speed to Time - Variables
1
A car drives at X mm/ms and goes B mm. How many ms does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing X over B \;ms
b A LaTex expression showing 1 over XB \;ms
c A LaTex expression showing B over X \;ms
2
A car drives at B m/hr and goes X m. How many hr does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing 1 over BX \;hr
b A LaTex expression showing X over B \;hr
c A LaTex expression showing BX \;hr
d A LaTex expression showing B over X \;hr
3
A car drives for M cm at Z cm/hr. How many hr does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing ZM \;hr
b A LaTex expression showing Z over M \;hr
c A LaTex expression showing 1 over ZM \;hr
d A LaTex expression showing M over Z \;hr
4
A car drives at B cm/s and goes D cm. How many s does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing D over B \;s
b A LaTex expression showing BD \;s
c A LaTex expression showing B over D \;s
5
A car drives at D cm/d and goes C cm. How many d does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing C over D \;d
b A LaTex expression showing D over C \;d
6
A car drives at N m/s and goes M m. How many s does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing N over M \;s
b A LaTex expression showing M over N \;s
c A LaTex expression showing 1 over NM \;s
7
A car drives at R cm/s and goes B cm. How many s does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing R over B \;s
b A LaTex expression showing B over R \;s
c A LaTex expression showing RB \;s
8
A car drives at P mm/hr and goes C mm. How many hr does it take?
a A LaTex expression showing P over C \;hr
b A LaTex expression showing PC \;hr
c A LaTex expression showing C over P \;hr