Measuring the Rate of Motion
Measuring the Rate of Motion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Average Speed, Speed, SI Unit of Speed, Velocity, Average Velocity, Conversion of km/h into m/s & Conversion of m/s into km/h etc.
Important Questions on Measuring the Rate of Motion
If a man walks at , he will be late by . If he walks at , how early from the fixed time will he reach?

If distance is and the time is , find the speed.

A train travels a distance of in . What is the average speed of the train?

The speed of a bus is . The time (in minutes) to travel by the bus is

What do you mean by average velocity of a body? Give the equation and SI unit for average velocity.

A person has travelled of the journey with a velocity of , of the journey with a velocity of and remaining distance with a velocity of . Find the approximate average velocity of the entire journey.

A car moves with a speed of for minutes, then with a speed of for minutes, then with a speed of for minutes, then with the speed of for minutes. Find the average speed of the car.

For a man who walks at a uniform speed of , then runs at a uniform speed of for and then again walks at a speed of for . His average speed is


A man walks with constant speed to market from home and returns back immediately to home in . He saves minutes when he rides a bicycle both ways at a constant speed. If the distance between the market and the home is , then calculate the average speed of the man when he goes by riding the bicycle and comes back by walking.

A car covers a distance of in . Find the speed during the last if the first are covered at .

A car covers a certain distance in 50 minutes if it runs at 45 km per hour. How much time will it take to cover the same distance at a speed of 30 km per hour?

A man moves from station A to B with the speed for half time and with speed for remaining half time. The average speed of the man over the entire journery is

The distance between the house to the school of a boy is . If he takes to reach his school by car. Calculate his speed in

Two planes start from a city and fly in opposite directions, one averaging a speed of greater than the others. If they are. apart after, the average speeds respectively are:

Joseph Jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight road in and then turns around and jogs back to point C in another . What are Joseph's average speeds and velocities in jogging (a) from A to B and (b) from A to C?

A physical quantity is measured as . Is it speed or velocity?

It was a rainy day in Bangalore. Rohit was sitting beside the window when he saw lightning. He started his stopwatch. He found that after of lightning its roaring was heard. Calculate the height of the clouds which caused this lightning. Given, speed of light and speed of sound .

Observe the figure showing the path of a body which started from A and moved to C through B. What is the velocity of the body if it has taken to reach A back from C?

Observe the figure showing the path of a body which started from A and moved to C through B. The velocity of the body is:
