Quiz about Solving Problems with Unit Rate

Question 1

A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?

Accepted Answer

60 mph

Answer

30 mph

Answer

90 mph

Answer

45 mph

Question 2

A grocery store clerk can scan 1 product every 1/2 of a second. At what rate can she scan products?

_____ products per second

Accepted Answer

2 products per second

Answer

1/2 products per second

Answer

1/2 seconds per product

Answer

2 seconds per product

Question 3

With some species of bamboo, you can actually see them grow. You could observe 30 centimeters of growth in just 1/3 of a day. At what rate does this bamboo grow?

____centimeters per day

Accepted Answer

90 cm per day

Answer

90 day per cm

Answer

10 cm per day

Answer

10 day per cm

Question 4

A seed sprouted and grew 2/3 of a foot in 3 months. What was its rate of growth?

____ feet per month

Accepted Answer

2/9 ft per month

Answer

3 months per ft

Answer

2/9 months per ft

Answer

3 ft per month

Question 5

An airplane cruises 1 kilometer in 1/12 of a minute. What is its cruising speed?

_____kilometers per minute

Accepted Answer

12 kilometer per minute

Answer

12 minutes per kilometer

Answer

1 minute per kilometer

Answer

1 kilometer per minute

Question 6

Sparkle Cleaners uses 2/3 of a jug of window cleaner in 4 weeks. How much window cleaner do they use in 1 week?

_____ jugs per week

Accepted Answer

1/6 of a jug

Answer

6 jugs

Answer

1/3 of a jug

Answer

3 jugs

Question 7

A school janitor has mopped 1/3 of a classroom in 5 minutes. At what rate is he mopping?

____classrooms per minute

____ minutes per classroom

Choose both options

Accepted Answer

1/15 of a classroom per minute

Accepted Answer

15 minutes per classroom

Answer

1/15 minutes per classroom

Answer

15 classrooms per minute

Question 8

The Cooper family uses up a 1/2-gallon jug of milk every 3 days. At what rate do they drink milk?

gallons per day

Accepted Answer

1/6 gallons per day

Answer

1/6 days per gallon

Answer

1 and 1/2 days per gallon

Answer

6 gallons per day

Question 9

A motorcycle zoomed along the freeway, traveling 10 meters in 1/3 of a second. How fast was it going?

_____ meters per second

Accepted Answer

30 meters per second

Answer

3 seconds per meter

Answer

30 seconds per meter

Answer

3 meters per second

Solving Problems with Unit Rate

20 questions

This package of sliced cheese costs $2.97. How much would a package with 18 slices cost at the same price per slice?

A copy machine can print 480 copies every 4 minutes. How many copies can it print in 10 minutes?

This package of sliced cheese costs $2.97. How much would a package with 18 slices cost at the same price per slice? Explain or show your reasoning.

Diana uses 30 grams of coffee beans to make 48 fluid ounces of coffee. When guests come, she makes 96 fluid ounces of coffee. How many grams of coffee beans does Diana use when she has visitors?

A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?

A copy machine can print 480 copies every 4 minutes. For each question, explain or show your reasoning. How many copies can it print in 10 minutes?

Lin is reading a 47-page book. She read the first 20 pages in 35 minutes. If she continues to read at the same rate, will she be able to complete this book in under 1 hour? If so, how much time will she have left? If not, how much more time is needed? Explain or show your reasoning.

Diego can type 140 words in 4 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take him to type 385 words?

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