2. Follow these steps:
1. Label: rate, time, distance
2. Plug into formula: distance = rate X time or
rate = distance/time
time = rate/distance
3. 3. Change time to hours- divide # of minutes by 60
4. Solve formula

3. TIME We need to be at the movies in
30 minutes. If the theater is
25 miles away, how fast will we
need to travel?
WE NEED RATE
DISTANCE
Distance = rate/time
Change the time to hours: TIME: 30 min= .5 hour
25 miles= rate / .5hour
Rate = 50 miles per hour

4. What is the speed or rate of a ship that
travels 400 miles in 12 hours?
1. Label: Distance: 400 miles
Rate: ?
Time: 12 hours
2. Formula: rate = distance/time
rate =
rate =

5. The South rode the HL Hunley
submarine in the ocean for 3
hours at a speed of 22 miles
per hour. How far did the
submarine travel?

6. Solve using one of the formulas:
As a class, we traveled to
California on an airplane. At a
rate of 100 miles per hour, we
traveled for 3 hours.

7. On spring break, John rode the
cruise ship to Mexico for 8 hours
at a rate of 30 miles per hour.
How far did the cruise ship travel?
240 miles 300 miles

8. Let’s Try Again
REMEMBER: “dirt”
Distance = Rate X Time
Rate: 30 miles per hour
Time: 8 hours
Click to try again

9. 8 hours X 30 miles per hour = 240 miles

10. We need to be at the hospital in 30
minutes. How fast will we have to
travel if the hospital is 15 miles
away?
30 miles 36 miles
per hour per hour

11. Oops Let’s Try Again
Rate = distance / time
rate= 15miles / .5hour
**Don’t forget to change minutes to
hours- 30 minutes is the same as ½
hour.
Click to try again

12. 15miles / .5hour = 30 miles per hour

13. You need to be at school in 15
minutes. If school is 5 miles away,
how fast will you have to travel?
3 mph 20 mph

14. Oops Let’s Try Again
Rate = distance / time
Rate = 5 miles / .25 hour
Rate = _____mph
**Don’t forget to change the minutes to hours. 15
minutes is the same as .25 or ¼ of an hour.
Click to try again

15. 5 miles / .25 hours = 30 mph

16. The flight from New York to South
Carolina is 3 hours long. The plane
travels at a rate of 190 miles per hour.
How many miles is it from New York to
South Carolina?
NY
570 miles 630 miles
SC

17. Let’s Try Again
Distance = rate X time
“Dirt”
Click to try again

18. 190 miles per hour X 3 hours = 570 miles

19. Ben rode his skateboard at a
rate of 5 miles per hour for 3
hours. How far did he travel if
he skated in a straight line?
30 miles 15 miles

20. Let’s Try Again
Distance = rate X time
“Dirt”
Click to try again

21. 5 miles per hour X 3 hours = 15 miles

22. Your Finished!!