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This document contains 9 word problems about calculating distance and displacement from travel scenarios. The distance is the total distance covered between all points of travel, while displacement is the straight line distance between the starting and ending points.
These story problems deal with travel time, including determining the travel distance, travel time and speed using miles (customary units). This is a very common class of word problem and specific practice with these worksheets will prepare students when they encounter similar problems on standardized tests.
Distance - Rate - Time Word Problems Date_____ Period____ 1) An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took four hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip there. 2) A passenger plane made a trip to Las Vegas and back.
Worksheet by Kuta Software LLC Kuta Software - Infinite Algebra 2 Distance/Rate/Time Word Problems Name_____ Date_____ Period____ 1) A container ship left the Dania Pier and traveled north. An aircraft carrier left four hours later traveling at 30 mph in an effort to catch up to the container ship. After
Explore our pdf speed, distance, and time worksheets and setting the unknown measurable given the other two measures using one right formulas.
The distance between London and New York is 5,500 km. How long will it take the airplane to travel between the 2 cities? 5,500 ÷ 1,000 = 5.5 hours of 5 hours and 30 minutes
To compute for speed , you need two things: distance and time. The formula for speed is: Speed= Distance ÷ Time S= D / T . What is distance? How far did your car travel from your home to the grocery store? Distance refers to how much ground an object has covered.
