Unit Rate Practice

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📊 Part 1: Calculate Unit Rates

1. A car travels 240 miles in 4 hours. What is the speed in miles per hour?

Answer: _____________ miles per hour

2. A store sells 15 apples for $6. What is the cost per apple?

Answer: $_____________ per apple

3. A printer uses 24 sheets of paper in 3 minutes. How many sheets are used per minute?

Answer: _____________ sheets per minute

4. Sarah reads 84 pages in 6 hours. What is her reading rate in pages per hour?

Answer: _____________ pages per hour

5. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. How much flour is needed per 1 cup of sugar?

Answer: _____________ cups of flour per cup of sugar

6. At the grocery store, 5 pounds of oranges cost $7.50. What is the price per pound?

Answer: $_____________ per pound

7. A cyclist covers 3/4 of a mile in 1/4 of an hour. What is the speed in miles per hour?

Answer: _____________ miles per hour

8. In your own words, explain what a unit rate is and why it's useful:

9. Which statement correctly describes a unit rate? (Circle one)

A ratio that compares two different quantities

A rate where the second quantity is always 1

A fraction in simplest form

Any comparison between numbers

10. Create your own unit rate problem using a real-life situation. Then solve it:

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