Kinematics Worksheet

Name __________________

Solve the following problems using these formulas:

v = d/t
d = (vf + vo) t

a = v/t
d = vot + at2

vf = vo + at
vf2 - vo2 = 2ad

1) A car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 8.4 m/s in 5.9 seconds. What is its acceleration?

2) A car traveling at 12 ft/sec accelerates at 2 ft/s2. How fast is it traveling in

a) 1 sec?
b) 2 sec? c) 5 sec? d) t sec?

3) Justin Case slows his bike from 6.6 m/s to 1.4 m/s in 2.6 seconds. What is his acceleration?

4) Milton Yermouth invents a toy car that accelerates uniformly at 7.2 cm/s2. Starting from rest, how
fast will it be going in 3 seconds?

5) The bolt of a crossbow accelerates at 224 m/sec2 and attains a speed of 131 m/s when it leaves
the bow. For how long (of a time) is it accelerated?

6) A plane traveling at 215 m/s accelerates at 23 m/s2 for 9.3 seconds. What is its final velocity?

7) A particle accelerates from rest at 28 m/s2 for 6 seconds. How far does it get?

8) A Hostess Twinkie accelerates from rest at 6.3 m/s2 for a distance of 35 m. How long does this
take?

9) A particle accelerates from rest for 5.4 seconds and travels 125 m in the process. What is its
acceleration?

10) A banana starts at 9.0 m/s and accelerates at 4.2 m/s2 for 3.0 seconds. How far does it get?

11) A duck, skidding backwards on ice at -5 m/s, accelerates at + 4 m/s2. How long will it take to
reach +8 meters?

12) A particle accelerates at -5 m/s2 for 6.7 seconds and ends up going -18.0 m. What was its initial
velocity?

13) A cucumber, traveling at 9.7 m/s, accelerates at -1.8 m/s2. How long will it take to get back to the
starting point?

14) Two particles take off from the same point at the same time. Particle A has an initial velocity of 8.7
m/s and an acceleration of 3.0 m/s2. Particle B has an initial velocity of 2.3 m/s and an
acceleration of 4.7 m/s2. At what time will B pass A?

15) Particle A starts with a velocity of 11.2 m/s and an acceleration of 4.3 m/s2. Particle B gets a head
start of 35 meters, initially is going 6.1 m/s and accelerates at 3.9 m/s2. When do the particles
meet?

16) This time we consider a collision. Particle A starts from rest and accelerates to the right at 64.2
cm/s2. Particle B starts at 372 cm away (to the right) and moves left (towards A) at a constant
velocity of -48.9 cm/s. When will they meet?

Supplementary Problems:
17) Hugh G. Racer steps into his BMW and smoothly accelerates at 2.1 m/s2 for 11.3 seconds. What
is his final speed? How far does he travel?

18) General Lee Friendly shoots his rifle. The bullet leaves the gun barrel (which is 80 cm long) at a
velocity of 250 m/s. What is the acceleration rate of the bullet? How long of a time is it in the
barrel?

19) A jet plane traveling at 615 m/s accelerates at 23 m/s2 for 9.3 seconds. What is its final velocity?
How many meters did it travel in those 9.3 seconds?

20) Rusty Nails hits the brakes on his car and stops in 4.2 seconds. His original speed was 25 m/s.
What is his acceleration rate? How far did he travel in those 4.2 seconds?

21) An electron is accelerated from an original speed of 3 x 105 m/s. The acceleration rate is
8 x 1014 m/s2. How long will it take to reach a speed of 5.4 x 10 5 m/s? How far does it travel in
this time?

22) A car accelerates from rest to 30 m/s over a distance of 100 meters. What is its rate of
acceleration? How long will it take?

23) A rocket in space begins to accelerate at 5.0 m/s2. At this rate, how much speed will it gain in 14
seconds?

24) A marble, released above the surface of a distant planet, is found to be falling at 77.2 m/s 2.8
seconds after it was released. What is the acceleration of gravity on this planet?

25) Lisa Ford is cruising on the highway at 48 m/s when she sees a police car in her rear view mirror.
She proceeds to slow to 25 m/s, the legal limit, in 11.3 seconds. What is her rate of acceleration?
Should she get a ticket?

26) On Earth, objects accelerate downward at 9.8 m/s2. How fast would an ostrich egg be moving 6
seconds after it is dropped?

27) A mild mannered individual known for leaping tall buildings with a single bound tries his skill on a
new planet. He notes that shortly after his leap he is traveling upwards at 61.4 m/s, and 5.9
seconds later is traveling down at 11.2 m/s. What is the acceleration of gravity on this new
planet?

28) A particle starts form rest, accelerates for 4 seconds at 3 m/s2, and then for 3 seconds at 2 m/s2.
How fast is it going?

29) A particle, traveling at 19 ft/sec. accelerates at -6 ft/sec2 for 5 seconds, and at 4 ft/sec2 for 2
seconds. What is its final speed?

30) A small rocket accelerates from rest at 2.6 m/s2. How far will it travel in 3.8 seconds?

31) A car traveling at 40 ft/s accelerates at 2 ft/s2. How far will the car have traveled 11 seconds after
it starts the acceleration?

32) A car traveling at 38 m/s applies the brakes and accelerates at -7.1 m/s2. (a) How far will it go in 4
seconds? (b) How far will it go before it stops?

33) A rock, dropped from rest from a 32 meter tall tower, accelerates downwards at 9.8 m/s2. How
long will it take to hit the ground?

34) A rock is thrown upwards at 25 m/s. If, while in flight, it accelerates down at 9.8 m/s2 continually,
how long will it take to return to earth?

35) Particle A starts at the origin and travels to the right with a constant velocity of 8 ft/sec. Particle B
starts from rest 20 feet to the right and accelerates to the left at 2.4 ft/sec2. When and where will
they collide?

36) Particle A starts from rest at the origin and accelerates to the left at 38 cm/s2. Particle B starts 191
cm down the track and travels to the left at a uniform 31 cm/s. When and where do they meet?

37) A cannon shell hits a tank and penetrates 4.0 cm, but doesn't explode. If it was moving at 650 m/s
before hitting the tank, how much time elapses while the shell is stopping?

38) A train is traveling at 25 m/s. It slows to 8.0 m/s in 5.0 seconds. Using three different methods,
calculate the distance the train travels in this time.