Solving Problems with Unit Rates

Jackson earned $31.00 in 2 hours. How much did he earn in 1 hour?

• $10.00 per hour

• $31.00 per 2 hours

• $15.50 per hour

• $7.00 per hour

There are 63 pounds of dog food in 7 bags.

Write a unit rate to represent this situation.

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The rate for ONE unit of a given quantity is called a(n) _________. For example, 62 beats per minute

• Unit rate

• Ratio

• Scaling

• Ratio table

A ratio that compares two quantities that have different units

• rate

• ratio

• unit rate

• fraction

Vivian earned a total of $14 by selling 7 cups of lemonade. How many cups of lemonade does Vivian need to sell in all to earn $20? Solve using unit rates.

• 10 cups

• 2 cups

• 5 cups

• 4 cups

Nolan took a total of 6 pages of notes during 2 hours of class. After attending 4 hours of class, how many total pages of notes will Nolan have in his notebook? Solve using unit rates.

• 12 pages

• 4 pages

• 3 pages

• 14 pages

Frank wrote a total of 6 pages over 2 hours. After spending 6 hours writing this week, how many pages will Frank have written in total? Solve using unit rates.

• 18 pages

• 12 pages

• 6 pages

• 3 pages

Christine knit a total of 10 centimeters of scarf over 2 nights. How many nights will Christine have to spend knitting in order to knit a total of 15 centimeters of scarf? Solve using unit rates.

• 3 nights

• 4 nights

• 5 nights

• 6 nights

Jane ran a total of 8 miles over the course of 4 track practices. How many track practices would it take for Jane to run 20 miles? Solve using unit rates.

• 10 practices

• 2 practices

• 12 practices

• 20 practices