Compare Rates Word Problems

6 movie tickets cost $30.00. What is the cost per ticket (unit rate)?

What will you do to find the unit rate?

• multiply by 6 to get $180 per ticket

• divide by 6 to get $5 per ticket

• multiply by 30 to get $900 per ticket

• divide by 30 to get $1 per ticket

$22 for 6 books
Find the UNIT RATE 

Alycia earned $20.40 in 3 hours. What is her unit rate in dollars per hour?

• $7 per hour

• $6 per hour

• $6.80 per hour

• $17.40 per hour

How are rates and unit rates similar?

• They both are fractions.

• They both compare two different quantities of information.

• They are not similar at all.

• not here

In word problems, the words each, every, per are often used to indicate what?

• Slope

• Y-intercept

• Scale factor

• Function

John can read 135 pages in 1 1/2 hours. What is Johns reading rate in pages per minute?

• 2.5

• 1.5

• 90

• 30

The Healey family drove 192 miles in
4.5 hours. How many miles could they drive at this rate in 3 hours?

• 64 mi

• 77 mi

• 128 mi

• 184 mi

A ferris wheel can accommodate 40 people in 20 minutes. How many people could ride the ferris wheel in 4 hours? What was that rate per hour?

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Israel and Daniel are both swimming laps in the same swimming pool. Israel can swim 4 laps in 6 minutes. Daniel can swim 6 laps in 12 minutes. Based on these rates, which statement is NOT true?

• Daniel can swim more laps than Israel

• Daniel can swim 3 laps in 6 minutes.

• Israel can swim 2 laps in 3 minutes.

• Israel can swim more laps than Daniel

Israel and Daniel are both swimming laps in the same swimming pool. Israel can swim 4 laps in 6 minutes. Daniel can swim 6 laps in 12 minutes. Based on these rates, which statement is NOT true?

• Daniel can swim more laps than Israel

• Daniel can swim 3 laps in 6 minutes.

• Israel can swim 2 laps in 3 minutes.

• Israel can swim more laps than Daniel