This math topic focuses on calculating speed when given distance and time, involving changes in units. Students practice converting distance or time measurements (such as centimeters to meters, minutes to hours) to determine the speed of a car in various scenarios. Each problem requires students to solve for speed in different units like cm/s, m/hr, cm/min, mm/d, or m/min, based on provided distances in centimeters, meters, or millimeters, and times in milliseconds, minutes, or hours. This set of problems enhances skills in manipulating formulas, unit conversion, and applying concepts to real-world scenarios within the context of speed, distance, and time calculations.

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Speed - Distance and Time to Speed - Variables, Changed Time Units Worksheet

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Speed - Distance and Time to Speed - Variables, Changed Time Units
1
A car drives Y mm in R hr. How fast is this in mm/d?
a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 24YR \;mm/d
b A LaTex expression showing 24YR over \;mm/d
c A LaTex expression showing 24R over Y \;mm/d
d A LaTex expression showing 24Y over R \;mm/d
2
A car drives for R hr and goes X km. How fast is this in km/min?
a A LaTex expression showing R over 60X \;km/min
b A LaTex expression showing 1 over XR \;km/min
c A LaTex expression showing 60R over X \;km/min
d A LaTex expression showing X over 60R \;km/min
3
A car drives for Z hr and goes R km. How fast is this in km/min?
a A LaTex expression showing R over 60Z \;km/min
b A LaTex expression showing over R \;km/min
c A LaTex expression showing 1 over RZ \;km/min
d A LaTex expression showing Z over 60R \;km/min
4
A car drives for X s and goes M m. How fast is this in m/ms?
a A LaTex expression showing MX over 1,000 \;m/ms
b A LaTex expression showing 1,000X over M \;m/ms
c A LaTex expression showing M over 1,000X \;m/ms
d A LaTex expression showing 1 over MX \;m/ms
5
A car drives for X s and goes B m. How fast is this in m/min?
a A LaTex expression showing 60X over B \;m/min
b A LaTex expression showing X over 60B \;m/min
c A LaTex expression showing 60B over X \;m/min
d A LaTex expression showing 60 over B \;m/min
6
A car drives for Z hr and goes C mm. How fast is this in mm/d?
a A LaTex expression showing 24C over Z \;mm/d
b A LaTex expression showing C over 24Z \;mm/d
c A LaTex expression showing 1 over 24CZ \;mm/d
d A LaTex expression showing 24Z over C \;mm/d
7
A car drives for Y ms and goes X km. How fast is this in km/s?
a A LaTex expression showing 1,000X over Y \;km/s
b A LaTex expression showing 1,000Y over X \;km/s
c A LaTex expression showing Y over 1,000X \;km/s
d A LaTex expression showing X over 1,000Y \;km/s
8
A car drives P cm in Y min. How fast is this in cm/s?
a A LaTex expression showing P over 60Y \;cm/s
b A LaTex expression showing Y over 60P \;cm/s
c A LaTex expression showing 60P over Y \;cm/s
d A LaTex expression showing over P \;cm/s