VECTOR QUESTIONS

1. Calculate the velocities in m.s-1. Make sure you 5. How far do each of these objects go if they are
include a direction since velocity is a vector travelling at:
quantity.
(a) 100m.s-1 for 5 seconds?
(a) A car goes 44 metres west in 2 seconds. (b) 20 km. h-1 for 3 hours?
(b) A ball rolls 10 metres towards a building (c) 250m.s-1 for O.5 second?
in 5 seconds. (d) 60 km.h-1 for 20 minutes?
(c) A toy car takes O.5 second to move 1 (e) 100 km.h-1 for 30 minutes?
metre away from Lucy. (f) 10 km.h-1 for 6 minutes?
(d) A bullet takes O.15 second to travel 120 (g) 5Om.s-1 for 10 minutes?
metres toward a target. (h) 1Om.s-1 for 1 hour?
(e) A man walks 10 metres south in 8 seconds.
(f) A beam of light goes 60000 km away from 6. How long does it take an object to travel:
the sun in two-tenths of a second. (a) 100m at 200m.s-1 ?
(g) A rocket travels 6 km upward in O.5 (b) 5OOkm at 100km.h-1?
second. (c) 60km at 120km.h-1?
(d) 20m at 100m.s-1?
2. Convert these speeds to the given units. (e) 10 m at 5O m.s-1?
(f) 2km at 100m.s-1?
(a) 100 m.s-1 to km.s-1 (g) 5OOm at 2km.h-1?
(b) 360 km.h-1 to km.s-1 (h) 20km at 1Om.s-1?
(c) 10 km/min to km.h-1
(d) 60 km.h-1 to m.h-1 7. A motor cyclist travels at 80km.h-1 north for a
(e) 72 km.h-1 to m.s-1 distance of 160 km. He then goes 96 km.h-1 east
(f) 25 m.s-1 to km.h-1 for 4 hours. What is:

3. A boat travels 60 km south and then 60 km east (a) the time taken for the first part of the
followed by 60 km north. If the journey takes 3 journey?
hours, what is: (b) the distance travelled during the eastward
part?
(a) the total distance travelled? (c) the average speed for the entire journey?
(b) the average speed? (d) the average velocity for the first part?
(c) the total displacement? (e) the average velocity for the second part?
(d) the average velocity for the entire journey? (f) the average velocity for the entire
(e) the instantaneous velocity after O.5 hour? journey?
(g) the instantaneous velocity after 2.5 hours?
4. A toy truck goes 3 metres west and then 4
metres north. If this takes 3.S seconds, 8. A driver goes north at 60km.h-1 for 20 minutes.
He then turns east and goes IS km in 30 minutes.
What is: Find:
(a) the total distance travelled?
(b) the average speed? (a) distance travelled during the first part of
(c) the final displacement? the journey
(d) the average velocity? (b) displacement after 20 minutes
(e) the time before the northward turn? (c) velocity during the second part of the
(f) the instantaneous velocity after 3 journey
seconds? (d) distance travelled after SO minutes
(e) displacement from the origin (starting
point) after 50 minutes
(f) average velocity during the entire journey

Adapted from Active Physics

Adapted from Active Physics