Converting Measurement Unit Rates

Changing a measurement from one unit to a different unit. For example, finding that 6 minutes is 360 seconds.

• enlarging

• simplifying

• amplifying

• converting

The process of multiplying by ratios of 1 (conversion factors) and cancelling units to convert from one measure to another.

• unit analysis

• conversion factors

• ratio tables

• equivalent ratios

240 cm = ___________ m

• 2400

• 24

• 2.4

• 0.24

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CCSS.2.MD.A.2

What is 3 litres in ml?

• 30

• 300

• 3000

• 0.3

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CCSS.4.MD.A.1

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• G

• H

• J

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Four pounds of bananas cost $6.  What is the cost per pound of bananas? (What is the unit rate?)

• $24 per pound

• $1.50 per pound

• $1 per pound

• $6 per pound

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Convert the rate of 50 kilometers per hour to meters per second.

• 13.88888888888889

• 60.7

• 40.2

• 25.5

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

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• G

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• J

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

• $2
• $1.25
• $0.25
• $1

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

• F

• G

• H

• J

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1