Exercises: The Relationship Between Distance, Time and Speed

Use the formula Speed = Distance ÷ Time. Show your working and include units in every answer.

Grade 6·21 problems·~28 min·Uganda NCDC Primary 6 Mathematics·lesson·dts-03

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Recall / Warm-Up

John walks 6 km in 1 hour. Mary walks 4 km in 1 hour. Who is faster?

John, because he covers more distance in the same amount of time.

Mary, because she walks a smaller number of kilometres.

They are the same speed, because both walked for 1 hour.

Which operation do we use to find speed when we know distance and time?

Addition

Division

Subtraction

A car travels 100 km in 1 hour. What is its speed in km/hr?

A matatu travels 90 km in 3 hours. Find its speed in km/hr.

A person walks 20 km in 4 hours. What is their speed?

24 km/hr, found by adding 20 and 4.

16 km/hr, found by subtracting 4 from 20.

5 km/hr, found by dividing 20 by 4.

A bicycle travels 24 km in 2 hours. Find its speed in km/hr.

A boda-boda travels 500 metres in 10 seconds. Find its speed in m/sec.

A bus travels 210 km in 3 hours. Find its speed in km/hr.

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