Unit Rate Practice

Unit Rate Practice

Grab a sheet a paper and a pencil for today's lesson.

Open Ended

Brainstorm: Post some vocabulary words that we know mean the word "one."

Today, we will be practicing setting up and solving for unit rate by creating two equivalent ratios.

• The first four questions we will do together.

• Then, you will work with a partner to answer four questions.

• The last step is to complete four on your own.

• Good luck, and have fun!

Open Ended

Read the problem. Follow the steps to solve.

John spent $36 to buy 4 basketballs. What was the price for every basketball?

1. Set up your proportional skeleton with a one in the right denominator. (Do this on your paper).

2. What is the vocabulary term that indicates "one."

3. Determine where price and basketball will go.

4. Fill in the right side of the ratio with the numbers in the problem.

5. Divide the numerator by the denominator to find your unit rate.

Multiple Choice

Tracey ran 1,000 meters in 5 minutes. How many meters in a minute did she run?

Follow the steps, answer only when your teacher indicates.

• 5,000 meters a minute

• 200 meters a minute

• 50 meters a minute

• 20 meters a minute

Multiple Choice

Four pizzas cost Mike $68.96. How much did he pay per pizza?

Follow your teacher's directions.

• $64.96

• $0.05

• $17.24

• $15.00

Multiple Choice

It took Isabella 120 minutes to fly 600 miles. How many miles for each minute did she fly?

• 5 miles each minute

• 5 minutes each mile

• 720 miles each minute

• 480 miles each minute

Multiple Choice

In 3 days, the temperature dropped 27 degrees. How many degrees per day did the temperature drop?

• 9 days per degree

• .11 degrees per day

• 24 degrees per day

• 9 degrees per day

Time to practice with a partner.

Each of you should have a sheet of paper and a calculator to solve. Make sure that you talk about and agree with the answer before entering.

Multiple Choice

Julio walks 3.5 miles in 1.25 hours. How many miles for every hour can he walk?

• 2.5 miles per hour

• 3.25 miles per hour

• 3 miles per hour

• 2.8 miles per hour

Multiple Choice

There are 75 pieces of candy in a 15 oz bag.

How many pieces are there for each ounce?

• 50 pieces

• 0.2 pieces

• 50 pieces

• 5 pieces

Multiple Choice

If 9 rows have a total of 45 seats, how many seats are there in a row?

• 5

• 8

• 9

• 2

Multiple Choice

If Kiontre takes 5 days to read 135 pages, how many pages does he read in each day?

• 10

• 30

• 27

• 40

Ready to crush it on your own?!

Now is your time to shine! Answer the last four questions on your own. Use your paper and calculator to solve!

Multiple Choice

Harry mowed eight lawns and earned $96. How much did he earn for each lawn?

• $96

• $12

• $768

• $8

Multiple Choice

Will spent $3.75 for 3 pounds of granola. What is his unit rate in dollars per pound?

• $.50 per pound

• $1.25 per pound

• $3 per pound

• $2.50 per pound

Multiple Choice

There are 88 students in 4 classes.

How many students in each class?

• 22 students per class

• 22 classes per student

• 25 students per class

• 25 classes per student

Multiple Choice

Ken can walk 40 dogs in 8 hours. Determine how many dogs he can walk in one hour.

• 5 hours per dog

• 5 dogs per hour

• 320 dogs per hour

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