The questions 'How far?', 'How long?' and 'How much?' can respectively be answered by which of the following quantities?
Length, Time, Mass.
'How far?' can be answered by knowing the Length or distance from place A to place B.
'How long?' can be defined by the Time required or taken from A to B.
And finally, 'How much?' can be known by knowing the Mass of the object
These quantities are called the fundamental quantities which can help define the other quantities like speed.