Rates Time and Speed

The car travels 440 miles in 8 hours. What is the unit rate?

• 12 miles in 1 hour

• 55 miles in 1 hour

• 110 miles in 1 hour

• 44 miles in 1 hour

Your parents asked you to calculate miles per gallon for the family road trip. They drove 256 miles with 8 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon?

• 16 miles per gallon

• 42 miles per gallon

• 24 miles per gallon

• 32 miles per gallon

Jen rides her bike 15 miles in two hours. Her speed in miles per hour would be:

• 5 miles per hour

• 7.5 miles per hour

• 10 miles per hour

• 15 miles per hour

A rate written as 50 miles per hour is an example of a ____________________________

• quantity

• mass

• unit rate

• equivalent ratio

A store has 120 customers in 6 hours. What is the unit rate in customers per hour?

• 16 customers per hour

• 12 customers per hour

• 20 customers per hour

• 15 customers per hour

A car travels at a constant speed for 2 hours. What is its speed in miles per hour?

• 25 mph

• 27.5 mph

• 40 mph

• 55 mph

A kangaroo hops 2 kilometers in 3 minutes. At this rate how long does it take the kangaroo to travel 5 kilometers?

• 6 minutes

• 6.5 minutes

• 7 minutes

• 7.5 minutes

Randy traveled 30 miles to go to the amusement park.  The trip took Randy 45 minutes.  What was Randy's constant speed? 

• 55 mph

• 67 mph

• 15 mph

The ball team traveled 2 hours to play in the region playoffs.  The team traveled a constant speed of 70 mph on the interstate.  How many miles did the team drive to reach their destination? 

• 14 miles

• 45 miles

• 140 miles

Rashad and Camille live in the same apartment building and leave at the exact same time every morning to travel to work.  Rashad travels 35 miles in 39 minutes and Camille travels 50 miles in 57 minutes.  Who drives faster? 

• Rashad drives faster. 

• Camille drives faster.