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Convert speeds between km/h and m/s

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Convert the distance and the time separately: 1 km = 1000 m and 1 hour = 3600 s.

  1. A cyclist travels at 342 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  2. A train travels at 150 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  3. A car travels at 85 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  4. A train travels at 75 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  5. A train travels at 360 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  6. A runner travels at 198 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  7. A runner travels at 630 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  8. A bus travels at 558 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  9. A cyclist travels at 486 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  10. A car travels at 285 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  11. A cyclist travels at 468 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  12. A runner travels at 110 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  13. A cyclist travels at 216 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  14. A train travels at 1242 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  15. A bus travels at 5 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  16. A cyclist travels at 1080 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  17. A cyclist travels at 1152 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
  18. A train travels at 455 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  19. A runner travels at 470 metres per second. What is that speed in kilometres per hour?
  20. A runner travels at 648 km per hour. What is that speed in metres per second?
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Answer key: Convert speeds between km/h and m/s

  1. 95
  2. 540
  3. 306
  4. 270
  5. 100
  6. 55
  7. 175
  8. 155
  9. 135
  10. 1026
  11. 130
  12. 396
  13. 60
  14. 345
  15. 18
  16. 300
  17. 320
  18. 1638
  19. 1692
  20. 180