Kinematics
A student walks from home to school, a distance of 500 meters, and then returns home. What is the student's displacement?
0 meters
250 meters
500 meters
1000 meters
A car moves from an initial position of to a final position of . What is the displacement of the car?
3 m
5 m
12 m
18 m
A runner completes one lap around a circular track with a circumference of 400 meters. What is the runner's displacement?
0 meters
100 meters
200 meters
400 meters
A car travels 40 meters east, then 30 meters north. What is the magnitude of the car's total displacement?
10 m
50 m
70 m
120 m
An object moves 10 meters to the right, then 5 meters to the left, and then 2 meters to the right. What is the total displacement of the object?
3 m
7 m
13 m
17 m
A cyclist rides 10 km east, then turns around and rides 15 km west. What is the cyclist's total displacement?
-25 km
-5 km
5 km
25 km
A person walks 3.0 meters east, then 4.0 meters north, and then 5.0 meters east again. What is the magnitude of the total displacement?
6.0 m
7.1 m
9.0 m
12.0 m

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A boat sails 100 meters north, then 50 meters east, and then 100 meters south. What is the magnitude of the boat's total displacement?
50 m
100 m
150 m
250 m
A plane flies 200 km east, then 150 km north, and then 50 km west. What is the magnitude of the plane's total displacement?
350 km
250 km
150 km
100 km
A car travels 500 meters in 25 seconds. What is the average velocity of the car?
10 m/s
15 m/s
20 m/s
25 m/s