Calculate and Using Unit Rate

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete. What is the unit rate in dollars per pound?

• $8 per pound

• $35 per pound

• $5 per pound

• $0.125 per pound

Sue travels 288 miles in 4 hours. Determine how far she travels in one hour.

• 72 miles per hour

• 72 hours per mile

• 1152 miles per hour

• 4 hours for 72 miles

An eight pack of juice boxes costs $4.80, and a 12 pack of juice boxes cost $6.60. Use this information to calculate the better buy.

• 8 pack

• 12 pack

• They are the same price.

The Williams family bought four concert tickets for $252.  What was the price per ticket?

• $60.00

• $63.00

• $6.30

• $62.00

Find the unit rate.
Julio bikes 5 miles in 20 minutes on the Walkway over the Hudson.  How many miles per minute does Julio bike?

• 2.5 miles per minute

• 0.25 miles per minute

• 0.25 miles per hour

• 2.5 miles per hour

A store has 120 customers in 6 hours. What is the unit rate in customers per hour?

• 16 customers per hour

• 12 customers per hour

• 20 customers per hour

• 15 customers per hour

Tom is deciding between two cars based upon the gas consumption. He wants to get the car that gets more miles per gallon. Car A traveled 90 miles using 5 gallons of gas. Car B traveled 168 miles using 8 gallons of gas. How many mpg does car A get? How many mpg does Car B get? Which car should Tom buy?

• Car A 21 mpg,

  Car B 18 mpg,

  Car B

• Car A 16 mpg,

  Car B 21 mpg.

  Car A

• Car A 18 mpg,

  Car B 21 mpg,

  Car A

• Car A 18 mpg,

  Car B 21 mpg

  Car B

Mr Yeong has RM40 000 and invests consistently on a quarterly basis RM10 000 to buy shares. Table 4 shows the share price bought by Mr Yeong in year 2018. Calculate the average cost per share unit.

• RM0.48

• RM1.92

• RM1.93

• RM1.94

Puan Aisah wants to invest RM20 000 in AMN Unit Trust. She uses cost averaging strategy for her investment. She spends RM5 000 each month for four months to buy the shares of the unit trust. Table 1 shows the purchase prices of unit trust bought by Puan Aisah. Calculate the total number of shares bought by Puan Aisah.

• A. 51200

• B. 50100

• C. 7989

• D. 7987

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