The distance traveled is equal to the product of which two quantities?

• A. speed divided by time
• B. distance times time
• C. speed times time
• D. time divided by speed

Answer: (C)

The distance traveled equals speed multiplied by time. Speed tells you how far you go each second, so multiplying that rate by the total time you travel gives the total distance covered. For example, at 5 meters per second for 3 seconds, you travel 15 meters (5 m/s × 3 s). The units line up: meters per second times seconds leaves meters.

Other options don’t fit because their units don’t produce a distance. Speed divided by time would give meters per second squared, an acceleration-like quantity. Distance times time would mix a distance with time, not a distance. Time divided by speed would give seconds divided by meters per second, not a distance.