Names: Noor, Hannah, Rosie Sec: 8-2

Solving Acceleration Word Problems

Newspaper Article #7: Get Ready to Cry for the Baby 500
By: Nikhil and Dylan

Baby Bob:
IV - 0 mi/hr
FV - 4 mi/hr
T - 10 min

4mi/hr-0mi/hr​ = 0.4 mi/hr​2

​10 min

Baby John:
IV - 0 mi/hr
FV - 4.01 mi/hr
T - 10 min

4.01mi/hr-0mi/hr​ ​= ​ 0.401 mi/hr​2

10 min

Baby Bob won with a greater rate of acceleration.

1. What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an example of it from the article.
Another term for negative acceleration is deceleration. An example of deceleration from the
article is that Baby Will slowed down because he lost his blankie.
2. Which baby in the article had a greater rate of acceleration as compared to the other babies?
Baby Bob had a greater rate of acceleration compared to the other babies.
3. What term and/or phrase did the writer include in the article to imply that (an object) is at rest, as
in it is not moving?
“The contestants are waiting at the start line…” is the phrase that the writer included in the
article to imply that the babies are at rest. This implies that the babies are not moving
before the race.
4. What two pieces of information does the writer include in the article that are irrelevant, as they do
not provide information necessary to solve for speed or acceleration?
“Even the car outside is going only 40 miles per hour! Going at 0.01 miles per hour, the
wind takes a blade of grass out of the ground!” Giving the speed of the car and the wind are
two irrelent pieces of information in the article that do not provide information necessary to
solve for speed or acceleration.
 Names: Noor, Hannah, Rosie Sec: 8-2

Solving Acceleration Word Problems

Newspaper Article #3: The Showdown for the Ages

By: Zack, Reuben, and Rishi

Gordon Ramsay:
IV: 0 ft/sec
FV: 15 ft/sec
T: 1 sec

15ft/sec-0ft/sec​ = 15ft/sec​2
1 sec

Bobby Flay:
IV: 0 ft/sec
FV: 10 ft/sec
T: 1 sec

20ft - 0ft ​ = 10ft/sec 10ft/sec - 0ft/sec ​= 10ft/sec​2

2 sec 1 sec

1. What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an example of it from the article.
Another term for negative acceleration is deceleration. The example of deceleration in the
article is when Gordon Ramsay slows to insult Bobby Flay’s hairline.
​2. Which chef in the article had a greater rate of acceleration as compared to the other chef?
​The chef in the article that had a greater rate of acceleration is Gordon Ramsay.
3. What term and/or phrase did the writer include in the article to imply that (an object) is at rest, as
in it is not moving?
​The term and/or phrase the writer includes in the article to imply that Gordon Ramsay
and Bobby Flay are at rest is when the article says, “When Alton Brown says for the
contestants to start the race for the best food.”
4. What two pieces of information does the writer include in the article that are irrelevant, as they
do not provide information necessary to solve for speed or acceleration?
​Two pieces of information that the writer includes in the article that is irrelevant is when
the article says, “Gordon Ramsay, seeing Bobby Flay’s hairline, slows to insult him at a
speed of 5 feet per second”. The other irrelevant information in the article is when it says,
“After Bobby Flay gets his supplies, he starts boiling water at 100 degrees celsius”. This
information is irrelevant because it does not help to solve the problem.