Math 6 QTR 3 Week 5
Math 6 QTR 3 Week 5
Math 6 QTR 3 Week 5
Competency:
Calculates speed, distance, and time (M6ME-IIIg-17)
Solves problems involving average rate and speed (M6ME-IIIg-18)
Expectations
Pre-Test
Units of time
Units of time measure how long something lasts. For example, how many seconds can you
hold your breath, or how many minutes or hour to watch your best-loved movie?
Conversion Table
Powers of 10
The metric system is based on a measure of 10. This allows conversions from different
units easier--simply moving a decimal point either to the left or to the right.
For example, 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 meter; a centimeter, which is a unit 0.1 larger
than a millimeter, is 0.01 meter.
A. Give the equivalent of each time measure.
1.) 3 centuries= ________ decades 4.) 4yrs =____________wks
2.) 8 years= ____________mos 5.) 300 mins=________hours
3.) 840 secs=___________mins
B. Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
6.) 0.81km =______cm 7.) 2.5m =_______yard
8.) 3.5 mi=_______km 9.) 41.3m = _____dm
Week 5. Calculating Speed, Distance and Time and application of knowledge-based formulas to the
Speed – scalar in quantity that usually refers to “how fast an object is moving.”
It can be thought of as the rate by which an object covers distance.
Time = distance
speed
The following table lists units in common use for speed and their abbreviations.
Example 2. A world-record holder ran 800 meters in 86 seconds. What was his average speed
rounded to the nearest tenth?
Using the average speed formula:
Average Speed = distance = 800 m = 9.3 m/s
time 86 s
Example 3. Roy drives at an average of 45 mph on a journey of 135 miles. How long does the
journey take?
Solution:
Using the average speed formula:
Average Speed = distance = 135 miles = 3 hours
Time 45 mph
Example 4. Vincent’s motorcycle’s average speed is 50 km/h. If he drives it for 4 ½ hours, how
far does he travel?
Solution:
Example 5. Daniel can type 840 words in 20 minutes. Calculate his typing speed in:
a. words per minute b. words per hour
Solution:
a. His typing speed = 840 = 42 words per minute
20
In 1 hour, we have 60 minutes so…
b. Typing Speed = 42 x 60 = 2520 words per hour
Activities
2. A golf cart is driven at its top speed of 27.0 km/h for 10.0 minutes. In meters, how far did the
golf cart travel?
Compute the missing part of the pyramid using Speed, Distance and Time formula. Write
your answers on a sheet of paper.
4. 5.
Remember
All of the calculations in this section will be worked out using the distance, speed and time
formula. An easy way to remember the formulae is to put distance, speed and time (or the letters D,
S and T) into a triangle.
Units
It is important that, for all of these calculations, the units used are consistent.
1. If it takes 3 hours to drive a distance of 192km on a motorway, what would be your average
speed in km/h?
2. What is your average speed in mph if you travel 15 miles in 2 hours and 30 minutes?
3. John decided to cycle to his friend’s house at a speed of 5km/h and the journey took 2 hours.
How far did John cycle?
4. If you were travelling at 30 miles per hour, how long would it take to travel a distance of 70
miles?
5. A bus travels at 54km/h while moving but after accounting for stopping time, to let passengers
on and off the coach, it averages a speed of 45km/h. How many minutes do the bus stop for
each hour?
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