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Unit Rates Exploration

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Unit Rates Exploration

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Unit Rates

1. What is a unit rate?

A ratio that compares a quantity to one unit of another quantity

Any ratio with the same numerator and denominator

A fraction that equals exactly 1

The sum of two different measurements

2. If 4 apples cost $6, what is the unit rate (price per apple)?

$1.00 per apple

$1.50 per apple

$2.00 per apple

$0.75 per apple

3. A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is the unit rate?

Show your work:

Answer: _____________ miles per hour

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

65 miles per hour

$3.50 per pound

12 students to 3 teachers

25 pages per minute

🛒 Part 2: Real-World Unit Rate Problems

5. Better Buy Challenge: Which is the better deal?

Option A: 6 pencils for $4.50

Option B: 8 pencils for $5.60

Calculate the unit rate for each option:

Option A: _________________ per pencil

Option B: _________________ per pencil

Better deal: _________________

6. Recipe Problem: A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. How many cookies can you make per cup of flour?

Answer: _____________ cookies per cup of flour

7. Work Rate: Maria can type 240 words in 4 minutes. At this rate, how many words can she type per minute?

Unit rate: _____________ words per minute

How many words could she type in 7 minutes? _____________

8. Gas Mileage: A truck uses 8 gallons of gas to travel 200 miles. What is the unit rate in miles per gallon?

Answer: _____________ miles per gallon

💭 Part 3: Explain Your Thinking

9. Explain in your own words what a unit rate is and give an example that was NOT used in this worksheet.
10. Why are unit rates useful in everyday life? Give at least two specific situations where knowing unit rates would help you make better decisions.

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