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MCQ Quiz: Speed (1) 2010-0791 Wu, Farrell Eldrian S. 21 August 2013 [13:17] 3 min(s) 1 10 / 10 100%

1. A driver travelled at a constant speed of 40 km/h over a certain distance. He then travelled the same distance at 60 km/h. Find the average speed for the entire journey.

A. 48 km/h B. 50 km/h C. 52 km/h D. 55 km/h

You scored: 1 That's right. Let the distance travelled be D. Time taken for first part of the journey, T1 = D/40 Time taken for second part of the journey, T2 = D/60 From the above equations, we can get T1 = 1.5T2 and D = 60T2. Therefore, average speed = 2D/2.5T2 = 120T2 / 2.5T2 = 48 km/h.

2. If a man runs at a speed of 3 m/s, how many kilometres can he run in 1 hour and 40 minutes?

A. 15 km B. 16 km C. 18 km

D. 20 km

You scored: 1 That's right! distance = speed time 1 hour 40 minutes = 100 minutes = 6000 seconds So, distance = 3 6000 = 18 000 m = 18 km

3. Calculate the speed of a motorcyclist if he covers 1200 metres in two minutes.

A. 10 m/s B. 12 m/s C. 40 m/s D. 60 m/s

You scored: 1 That's right! Speed = distance / time 2 minutes = 120 seconds So, speed = 1200 / 120 = 10 m/s

4. A girl walked a certain distance. For half of the distance, she walked at a speed of 4 km/h and she walked at a speed of 6 km/h for the other half. Find her average speed.

A. 4.0 km/h B. 4.8 km/h C. 5.0 km/h D. 6.0 km/h

You scored: 1 That's right! Let the distance travelled be D. Time taken for first part of the journey, T1 = D/4 Time taken for second part of the journey, T2 = D/6 From the above equations, we can get T1 = 1.5T2 and D = 6T2. Therefore, average speed = 2D/2.5T2 = 12T2 / 2.5T2 = 4.8 km/h.

5. A train is 10 m long and is moving with a uniform speed of 45 km/h and approaching a bridge. If the bridge is 1 km long, calculate the time taken for the entire train to cross the bridge.

A. 10 s B. 20 s C. 80 s D. 81 s

You scored: 1 That's right! Time taken for the train to pass through the bridge = 1 / 45 = 80 s Time taken for the length of train to cross through = 0.01 / 45 = 0.8 s

Total time taken for entire train to pass through = 80 + 0.8 81 s (rounded off to the nearest whole number)

6. What is the ratio of the speed of train travelling at a speed of 80 km/h to that of another train travelling at a speed of 10 m/s?

A. 5 : 16 B. 8 : 1 C. 18 : 5 D. 20 : 9

You scored: 1 That's right! To compare the speed of these two trains, we need to make sure they have the units. Speed of first train = 80 km / h = 80 1000 / (60 60) = 200/9 m/s 200/9 : 10 = 20 : 9

7. A man travels on a bike with a speed of 15 km/h for an hour and 45 km/h for another one and an half hour. Find his average speed.

A. 28 km/h B. 30 km/h C. 33 km/h D. 35 km/h

You scored: 1 That's right! Average speed = total distance travelled / total time taken Distance travelled in the first hour = 15 1 = 15 km Distance travelled in the next one and an half hour = 45 1.5 = 67.5 km Average speed = (15 + 67.5) / (1 + 1.5) = 33 km/h

8. Rita takes 20 minutes to cover a distance of 3.2 km on a bicycle. Calculate her speed in km/min.

A. 0.10 km/min B. 0.16 km/min C. 0.18 km/min D. 0.20 km/min

You scored: 1 That's right! Speed = distance / time = 3.2 / 20 = 0.16 km/min

9. Tom is moving in his car with a constant speed of 45 km/h. What is the distance he covers in 1 minute?

A. 0.60 km B. 0.65 km C. 0.75 km D. 0.80 km

You scored: 1 That's right! Distance = speed time 1 minute = 1/60 hour So, distance = 45 1/60 = 0.75 km

10. A train increases it speed steadily from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 1 minute. Calculate its average speed during this time in m/s.

A. 12 m/s B. 15 m/s C. 20 m/s D. 30 m/s

You scored: 1 That's right! Since acceleration is constant, average speed = (u + v) = (10 + 20) = 15 m/s. The other way to find the answer is to sketch a v-t graph, find the total distance travelled and divide it by the total time taken. Remember to convert 1 minute to seconds.

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