✅ 8th Grade Math (Algebra I): Distance, Speed, and Time Quiz
✅ 8th Grade Math (Algebra I): Distance, Speed, and Time Quiz
A car travels at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. How far will the car travel in 3 hours?
A) 20 milesB) 120 miles
C) 180 miles
D) 240 miles
A train covers a distance of 100 kilometers in 2 hours. What is the average speed of the train?
A) 50 km/hB) 200 km/h
C) 25 km/h
D) 100 km/h
How long does it take for a cyclist to travel 150 miles at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour?
A) 2 hoursB) 3 hours
C) 4 hours
D) 5 hours
A delivery truck travels 120 miles in 2 hours and then another 80 miles in 2 hours. What is the average speed for the entire trip?
A) 40 mphB) 45 mph
C) 50 mph
D) 60 mph
A sprinter runs 400 meters in 80 seconds. What is the sprinter's speed in meters per second?
A) 4 m/sB) 5 m/s
C) 8 m/s
D) 10 m/s
If a person walks at a speed of 12 kilometers per hour, how many kilometers will they cover in 2.5 hours?
A) 24 kmB) 28 km
C) 30 km
D) 36 km
Convert a speed of 72 kilometers per hour into meters per second.
A) 10 m/sB) 15 m/s
C) 20 m/s
D) 25 m/s
Train A leaves a station at 50 mph. One hour later, Train B leaves the same station in the same direction at 75 mph. How many hours after Train B leaves will it catch up to Train A?
A) 1 hourB) 2 hours
C) 3 hours
D) 4 hours
Two cars are 300 miles apart and start driving toward each other at the same time. Car X travels at 30 mph and Car Y travels at 45 mph. How long will it take for them to meet?
A) 3 hoursB) 4 hours
C) 5 hours
D) 6 hours
A cyclist travels 15 miles at 10 mph and then 20 miles at 5 mph. What is the total time spent traveling?
A) 3.5 hoursB) 4.5 hours
C) 5.5 hours
D) 6.5 hours
A boat travels 24 miles downstream in 2 hours. If the speed of the current is 3 mph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
A) 6 mphB) 9 mph
C) 12 mph
D) 15 mph
A car travels from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 40 mph and returns from Town B to Town A at an average speed of 60 mph. What is the average speed for the entire round trip?
A) 48 mphB) 50 mph
C) 52 mph
D) 55 mph
A plane flies 1200 miles with a tailwind in 4 hours. The return trip against the same wind takes 5 hours. What is the speed of the wind?
A) 20 mphB) 30 mph
C) 40 mph
D) 50 mph
Two people start at the same point and walk in opposite directions. Person A walks at $ x $ mph and Person B walks at $ x + 1 $ mph. After 3 hours, they are 27 miles apart. What is the speed of Person A?
A) 3 mphB) 4 mph
C) 5 mph
D) 6 mph
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