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Write unit rates in two ways. Pick the most useful unit rate for each situation (choose out of the two
possibilities) and explain. For example choose between “pounds in one bag of flour” or “bags of flour in one
pound.”
Unit rate a
Unit rate b
Pick the more useful unit rate, if you think one is more
useful than the other. Explain your choice.
9. The bakery has
8 bags of flour
weighing a total
of 40 pounds.
10. In four tennis
ball cans, you
got 12 tennis
balls.
11. Your Dad
bought 4 gallons
of gas for $13.
12. In ½ hour, you
can walk 2
miles.
13. Marco went 300
miles in 5 hours
on his road trip.
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4.1d Homework: More with Unit Rates
Find each unit rate. (Don’t forget to label)
1. You can buy 5 oranges for $2.00.
a. What is the unit rate for 1 orange?
b. What is the unit rate for $1?
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2. For three people, there are 5 candy bars.
a. What is the unit rate for the number of candy bars for 1 person?
b. What is the unit rate for the number of people for 1 candy bar?
3. In
minutes, Dulce read 50 pages.
a. How many pages did she read per minute?
b. How many minutes does it take to read one page?
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4. Yazmin’s heart rate was measured at 19 beats in a ! minute.
a. How many beats per minute?
b. How many minutes per beat?
5. Traveling between countries means exchanging currencies (money). Look up the current exchange rate
for Europe (or replace Euros with the currency of a country of your choice).
a. How many Euros would you receive for 1 dollar? How many Euros will you receive for $10?
b. How many dollars would a European receive for 1 Euro? How many dollars would they receive for
10 Euros?
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Write unit rates in two ways. Pick the most useful unit rate (you choose) and explain.
Unit rate a
Unit rate b
Pick the more useful unit rate, if you think one is more
useful than the other. Explain your choice.
6. In 8 hours,
Mayra can mow
5 lawns.
7. George can eat
30 hotdogs in 2
hours.
8. A tree grows
15.5 feet in 10
years.
9. Over five years,
Luz has
collected 25
buttons.
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10. After a 2 !!hour
rainstorm, there
are 5 inches of
water in a
bucket.
11. Estefania can
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run ! the race in
!
!
of an hour
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