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11.6working Out Speed

The document explains the concept of speed, defining it as the distance traveled over a specific period of time. It covers how to compare speeds, calculate average speed, and convert between different units of speed. Additionally, it distinguishes between average speed and instantaneous speed, highlighting that speed can vary during a journey.

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11.6working Out Speed

The document explains the concept of speed, defining it as the distance traveled over a specific period of time. It covers how to compare speeds, calculate average speed, and convert between different units of speed. Additionally, it distinguishes between average speed and instantaneous speed, highlighting that speed can vary during a journey.

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Speed

How fast?
Speed
 Speed tells us how fast something is
moving.

How to compare the


speed between
motions?
In the front For a given
time,
compare the
distance
First pass

For a given
distance,
compare the
time
Example: Usain Bolt,
Jamaica

First Leas highes


t t speed
time
Speed
 Speed is the distance traveled in a
certain period of time

Distance
Speed =
Time
S.I.D.O.T.

 Speed Is Distance Over Time

Distance

Speed X Time
Speed: Units
 Distance:
 Meters(m), kilometers(Km)
 Time:
 Seconds(s), minutes, hours(h), days,
years
Unit Abbreviation
seconds s, sec
minutes min
hours h
years yr
meters m
kilometers km
Average speed: Units
 The units depend on the speed of the
object you are measuring
 Planes = kilometers / hour km/h
 Runners = meters / second m/s
Example: Running a race
 Distance = 100 meters
 Time = 9.58 sec. (Usain Bolt, Jamaica)
 How fast does he run?

Speed = distance /time


= (100 meters) / (9.58
seconds)
= 10.44 m/s
A bus travelling non-stop at 60km/h takes 3
hours to complete a journey.
How far was the journey?
Speed
Work out Fathima’s average travelling speed
for the whole journey

formula
Try it yourself!
Object Distance Time Speed
4 min 30
Runner 1600 m ?
sec

Car ? 6 sec 25 m/s

600
Airplane 2,000 km ?
km/hr
Runner
 Time = 4×60 + 30 sec = 270sec
 Speed=distance/time
= 1600m÷270sec
= 5.9 m/s
Try it yourself!
Object Distance Time Speed
4 min 30
Runner 1600 m 5.9 m/s
sec

Car 150 M 6 sec 25 m/s

3 hr 20 600
Airplane 2,000 km
min km/hr
Converting
speed
Km/h m/s m/s km/h
200 200

160 160

120 120

80 80

40 40

•Km to m, multiply by •Km to m, multiply by


1000 1000

•m/h to m/min, divide by •m/h to m/min, divide by


60 60
Convert speed between
different units
 1km/h=1/3.6
? m/s
 1m/s = 3.6
? km/h

 Example:
500m/s= km/h
7.2km/h= m/s
54km/h= m/s
Is it
right?
The object that has a higher speed travels farther.

he object that has a slower speed travels less distanc

 For a set/fixed period of time:


 The object that has a higher speed travels
farther
 The object that has a slower speed travels
less distance
Is the speed same
during the race?

 The speed is not the same


throughout the race.
 The runners speed up at the start.
 There is also a burst at the end

What is the speed


for the race?

 The average speed is calculated.


Average speed
 Objects do not always travel at the
same speed
 the speed can change
 We can still calculate the average
speed
 Divide the total distance by the total meters
amount of time
Distance
Average speed =
Time
meters/second seconds
 Sindi takes 24 minutes to walk the
1.2km
from her home to school every day.
Work out her average walking speed .
 An object travels at 4m/s for the first
100m. Then it speeds up at 5m/s for
the second 100m. What is the
average speed of the object for the
whole journey?
 A car travels 144km in 2 hours. After
half an hour for rest, it travels 240km
in 3 hours. What is the average
speed of the car for the whole
journey?
Work out Fathima’s average travelling speed
for the whole journey

formula
The average speed
doesn’t tell us about
her travelling speed at
different times.

We would have been


able to see her exact
speed at any time
during the journey
by looking at the
speedometer.
Instantaneous speed
 Speed changes throughout a race or
journey.
 The speed at an exact moment is
called instantaneous speed
 more difficult to calculate than average
speed
Instantaneous speed = Average
speed
= distance
Average speed ------ a period of
/time
time
instantaneous speed ------ a
moment

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