Unit Rates

What is a unit rate?

• A normal rate

• How much of something per 1 unit of something else.

Write a unit rate for this situation.

2 chaperones with 42 students -- How many students will each chaperone have?

• 21 students per chaperone

• 21

• 19 students per chaperone

• 13 students per chaperone

How many points per game did the team score if they scored 76 points in 4 games?

• 76 points per game

• 19 points per game

• 21 points per game

• 4 points per game

If it takes Mr. Lopez 6 hours to drive 390 miles, how many miles will he drive in 1 hour?

• 20 miles per hour

• 65 miles per hour

• 390 miles per hour

• 6 miles per hour

Mallory can type 375 words in 6 minutes. How many words can she type in 1 minute?

• 45 words per minute

• 10 words per minute

• 100 words per minute

• 62.5 words per minute

Josh is competing in a hotdog eating contest. He ate 21 hot dogs in 4 minutes. How many hot dogs did he eat in 1 minute?

• 4 hot dogs per minute

• 5.25 hot dogs per minute

• 10 hot dogs per minute

• 1 hot dog per minute

Allison ran 7 miles in 42 minutes. How long did it take her to run 1 mile?

Melissa takes 54 minutes to read 27 pages. Ashley takes 16 minutes to read 8 pages.

Who can read more quickly?

• Melissa

• Ashley

• They both read at the same rate of 0.5 pages per minute

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.