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Speed Distance Time Calculations

Speed Distance Time Calculations

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🚗 Part 1: Understanding Speed

1. What is speed?

How far something travels

How long something takes

How far something travels in a certain time

How heavy something is

2. Complete the speed formula:

Speed = _____________ ÷ _____________

3. Which units can be used to measure speed? (Check all that apply)

kilometres per hour (km/h)

metres per second (m/s)

kilograms (kg)

centimetres (cm)

📊 Part 2: Basic Speed Calculations

4. A PMV bus travels 150 kilometres in 3 hours. What is its speed?

Answer: _______ km/h

5. A student runs 100 metres in 20 seconds. What is their speed?

Answer: _______ m/s

6. A canoe travels at 15 km/h for 4 hours. How far does it travel?

Answer: _______ km

⏰ Part 3: Finding Time

7. A car travels 240 kilometres at a speed of 60 km/h. How long does the journey take?

Answer: _______ hours

8. A bicycle travels 36 kilometres at 12 km/h. How long does this take?

Answer: _______ hours

9. Match the formula with what it calculates:
1. Speed = Distance ÷ Time
2. Distance = Speed × Time
3. Time = Distance ÷ Speed
A. How long a journey takes
B. How fast something moves
C. How far something travels

🚤 Part 4: Real-Life Problems

10. A fishing boat travels downstream for 80 kilometres in 2 hours. What is its speed?

Speed downstream: _______ km/h

11. The same boat travels upstream at 20 km/h and takes 5 hours. What distance does it cover?

Distance upstream: _______ km

12. A student walks to school at 4 km/h. If the school is 2 kilometres away, how long does the walk take?

Time taken: _______ hours = _______ minutes

🔄 Part 5: Speed and Time Relationship

13. If the distance stays the same, what happens to time when speed increases?

Time increases

Time decreases

Time stays the same

Time doubles

14. Complete this table for a 120 km journey:
Speed (km/h) Time (hours)
30 _______
40 _______
60 _______
15. Explain in your own words the relationship between speed and time when distance is constant:

🎯 Part 6: Challenge Problems

16. A PMV travels from Port Moresby to Lae (460 km) in 8 hours. What is its average speed?

Average speed: _______ km/h

17. If the same PMV wants to complete the journey in 5 hours, what speed must it travel?

Required speed: _______ km/h

18. Create your own speed problem using local transport in Papua New Guinea:

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