Introduction to Ratios, Rate and Unit Rate

Is the following a rate or a unit rate?

type 800 words in 12 minutes

• rate

• unit rate

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions.

• ratio

• a comparison of two quantities with units

• rate

• comparison of two quantitities

• unit rate

• a comparison of two quantities with units when the quantity in the denominator is 1

A package of 20 crayons from Crayola costs $18 and a package of 30 crayons from Walmart costs $28.

Which package has the lower cost per crayon? Use unit rates to choose which package of crayons is the better deal.

• 20 pack of crayons is the better deal

• 30 pack of crayons is the better deal

Fill in the missing value

Is the following a rate or a unit rate?

$15 for 3 boxes of Cheez-Itz

• rate

• unit rate

Which word best fits the definition:

A ratio that compares two different quantities which have different units.

• ratio

• unit rate

• rate

• constant

_____ are those that can be simplifies or reduced to the same value.

• Rates

• Equivalent ratios

• Mathematicians

• Proportional

A relationship between two variables where their ratios are equivalent is called a ___

Which word best fits the definition:

A comparison of a certain number of units of the first

quantity to one unit of the second quantity.

• Unit rate

• Ratio

• Constant

• Proportional

A ____ is a comparison of two quantities.