Grade 6: Unit Rate and Unit Price

Nicholas bought 5 pens for $3. At this rate, how much will he spend on 10 pens?

• $10

• $6

• $5

• $3

Alycia earned $20.40 in 3 hours. What is her unit rate in dollars per hour?

• $7 per hour

• $6 per hour

• $6.80 per hour

• $17.40 per hour

A store sees 120 customers in 8 hours. What is the unit rate in customers per hour?

• 16 customers per hour

• 15 customers per hour

• 12 customers per hour

• 20 customers per hour

If Justin can type 408 words in 4 minutes, how many words can he type per minute?

• 102 words per minute

• 100 words per minute

• 400 words per minute

• 412 words per minute

At the market, 7 apples cost $4.55. What is the cost per apple?

• 1.54 apples per dollar

• 1.54 dollars per apple

• $0.65 per apple

• 0.65 apples per dollar

Cheerios $3.68 for 17 oz.
or
Apple Jacks $2.89 for 13 oz.
Find the unit price of each and choose the better deal.

• Cheerios
• Apple Jacks

Doritos $4.39 for 11.5 oz. 
or
Cheetos $2.24 for 9.75 oz.
Find the unit price of each and choose the better deal.

• Doritos
• Cheetos

Find the unit rate:

18 pints of juice in 9 bottles

______ pints per bottle

Sort each example into whether or not it is a unit rate.

Groups:

(a) Not Unit Rates

,

(b) Unit Rates

• 1 cookie

• 60 seconds per minute

• $5 per taco

• $90

• 5 miles in 10 hours

• $25.50 per hour

What is a UNIT RATE?

• The greatest number that can divide into two or more numbers evenly

• A ratio that compares two values with different units, where one of the values is 1

• The number of seconds in a minute and minutes in an hour

• The number of unit cubes it takes to fill a rectangular prism

• A comparison between two different types of problems using a colon