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Introduction to Rates
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Introduction to Rates
📚 Part 1: Understanding Rates
1. What is a rate?
A comparison of two quantities with the same units
A comparison of two quantities with different units
Adding two numbers together
A type of fraction
2. Which of these are examples of rates? (Check all that apply)
60 miles per hour
$3 per apple
15 students
200 calories per 40 minutes
3. If you drive 150 miles in 3 hours, what is your unit rate?
50 miles per hour
150 miles per hour
3 miles per hour
450 miles per hour
4. To find a unit rate, you should:
Add the two quantities
Divide to get the quantity per one unit
Multiply the two quantities
Subtract the smaller from the larger
✏️ Part 2: Calculating Unit Rates
5. Calculate the unit rate: 24 pencils for $12
Unit rate: $_______ per pencil
6. Calculate the unit rate: 300 miles using 15 gallons of gas
Unit rate: _______ miles per gallon
7. A recipe uses 3 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. How many cookies can be made per cup of flour?
Unit rate: _______ cookies per cup of flour
8. Sarah burns 200 calories in 40 minutes of exercise. What is her rate of calories burned per minute?
Unit rate: _______ calories per minute
🌟 Part 3: Real-World Application
9. Explain what a unit rate is in your own words and give one example from real life.
10. Create your own rate problem using a real-world situation. Then solve it.
My rate problem:
Solution:
Unit rate: _________________________
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