Calculating speed
A supercar in a race, or an animal such as a cheetah or a blue whale, covers a distance in a given time. What is its average speed?
Speed is distance divided by time, in miles per hour or kilometres per hour.
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What changes each time
- Supercars, cheetahs, lions, sharks and whales
- Realistic speeds for each
- New distances and times every time
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