Acceleration test questions

1

A car accelerates from rest to a speed of \(30\,m\,s^{-1}\) in \(15s\). What is the acceleration of the car?

2

A motorcyclist accelerates at \(3\,m\,s^{-2}\) for \(9s\), starting from rest.

What is the motorcyclist's final speed?

3

A motor cyclist is travelling at \(15\,m\,s^{-1}\). She accelerates at a rate of \(3\,m\,s^{-2}\) for \(3s\) to overtake a car. What is the new final speed of the bike?

4

A jet aircraft changes speed from \(158\,m\,s^{-1}\) to \(104\,m\,s^{-1}\) in a time of \(3\cdot 3s\).

What is the acceleration of the aircraft?

5

The speed-time graph of a motor cycle is shown.

What is the acceleration during the first 20 seconds?

Speed time graph. Line rises from origin to 25m s-1 at 20s, constant until 50s and drops to 0m s-1 at 60s.

6

Using the graph, calculate the acceleration of the motor cycle during the final 10 seconds.

Speed time graph. Line rises from origin to 25m s-1 at 20s, constant until 50s and drops to 0m s-1 at 60s.

7

A car accelerates from rest to a speed of \(15\, m\) in \(10\, s\). The car then travels at a constant speed for \(30\, sec\) before braking and coming to a halt in \(20\, sec\). What is the total distance travelled by the car?

8

An object is dropped (from rest) and hits the ground \(3.0\,sec\) later. What is its velocity as it hits the ground?

9

A car takes \(6.5\,sec\) to go from \(0\) to \(60\,mph\). The final speed of \(60\,mph\) corresponds to \(27\,ms^{-1}\).

What is the acceleration of the car?

10

An object increases its velocity from rest to \(12\,ms^{-1}\) in \(5\,sec\) and continues to accelerate at this rate for a further \(10\,sec\). What will its final velocity be?