📚 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. 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

3. Which of these are examples of rates? (Check all that apply)

60 miles per hour

$3 per apple

25 students

200 calories per 40 minutes

4. To find a unit rate, you need to:

Add the two quantities

Divide to get the quantity per one unit

Multiply the two quantities

Subtract the smaller from the larger

✏️ Part 2: Calculate Unit Rates

5. Calculate the unit rate and show your work:

Scenario: 24 pencils cost $12

Unit rate: ________ per pencil

6. Calculate the unit rate and show your work:

Scenario: 3 cups of flour make 24 cookies

Unit rate: ________ cookies per cup of flour

7. Calculate the unit rate and show your work:

Scenario: A car travels 300 miles using 15 gallons of gas

Unit rate: ________ miles per gallon

🌟 Part 3: Explain and Apply

8. Write what a unit rate is in your own words:

9. Create a real-world sentence explaining what the rate "40 miles per hour" means:

10. Challenge: If 200 calories are burned in 40 minutes of exercise, how many calories would you burn in 60 minutes at the same rate? Show your thinking:

Answer: ________ calories in 60 minutes

Mastering Rates Foundations

Mastering Rates Foundations

📚 Part 1: Understanding Rates

✏️ Part 2: Calculate Unit Rates

🌟 Part 3: Explain and Apply

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