Speed Conversion

Free interactive math game: Speed Conversion — km/h ↔ m/s. Part of the Units & Time category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. 162 km/h = ? m/s
  2. 10 m/s = ? km/h
  3. 180 km/h = ? m/s
  4. 54 km/h = ? m/s

About this exercise

Converting speeds between kilometers per hour and meters per second.

How to solve it

One km/h is 1000 meters spread over 3600 seconds, so divide by 3.6 to reach m/s and multiply by 3.6 to come back.

Worked example

72 km/h is 72 : 3.6 = 20 m/s.

Common mistake

Converting only the distance. Both the distance unit and the time unit change, which is where the 3.6 comes from.