Unit Rate Word Problems

An ice cream factory makes 120 quarts in 10 hours. How many quarts can be made in 3 hours?

• Only find unit rate

• Finding AND use the unit rate

Which is the better deal?
Oreos
$2.98 for 15 oz
OR
Chips Ahoy
$2.50 for 14 oz

• Only find unit rate

• Finding AND use the unit rate

You can buy 3 apples for $1.20. What is the price of 10 apples?

• Only find unit rate

• Finding AND use the unit rate

Jack needs to repair 150 feet of fence. It took him 12 hours to complete the task. How many feet of fence could he repair each hour?

• 1,800

• 12.5

• 10

• 125

Mr. Martin had 6 gallons of paint. He painted 12 doors. How many benches can he paint with the paint that is left?

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

• 1/15 minutes per classroom

• 1/15 of a classroom per minute

• 15 classrooms per minute

• 15 minutes per classroom

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

_____ products per second

• 1/2 products per second

• 2 products per second

• 1/2 seconds per product

• 2 seconds per product

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

• 90 day per cm

• 10 cm per day

• 90 cm per day

• 10 day per cm

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

____ feet per month

• 3 months per ft

• 2/9 months per ft

• 2/9 ft per month

• 3 ft per month

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

• 1/6 of a jug

• 6 jugs

• 1/3 of a jug

• 3 jugs