IGCSE Coordinated Science 9.

10 Quiz B Name: _____________________

Displacement-Velocity-Time Problems


1. State the equation used to find time (t) when average velocity (v) and displacement (d)
are known.

t =
2. State the equation used to find average velocity (v) when displacement (d) and time (t)
are known.
v =

3. State the equation used to find displacement (d) when average velocity (v) and time (t)
are known.

d =



4. Little Red Riding Hood took 4.0 hours to walk to her grandmothers house, a distance of
10.0 km. What was her average velocity in km/h?
Given: _________________ and ______________________
Required: Find ________________
Analysis: Use the equation _________________________
Solution:


Paraphrase: (put your answer in a sentence)


5. A bullet is fired with a constant velocity of 750 m/s. What time, in s, is required for the bullet
to strike a target 240 m away?
Given: _________________ and ______________________
Required: Find ________________
Analysis: Use the equation _________________________
Solution:



Paraphrase: (put your answer in a sentence)


6. It took 6.25 hours for a train to travel the distance between two cities at a constant velocity
of 110.0 km/h. How far apart (in km) are the two cities?
Given: _________________ and ______________________
Required: Find ________________
Analysis: Use the equation _________________________
Solution:


Paraphrase: (put your answer in a sentence)
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7. In words, describe the motion shown on this graph.















8. Find the velocity for each of the three intervals show all of your work.
Interval 1: 0 to 2s:


Interval 2: 2 to 8s:


Interval 3: 8 to 10s:




9. BONUS: Graph the velocity for each of the three intervals.




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