unit 13 unit rate objective: students will distinguish between rate and unit rate

Unit 13Unit 13

Unit RateUnit Rate

Objective: Students will Objective: Students will distinguish between rate and unit distinguish between rate and unit

rate.rate.

Objective: Students will distinguish Objective: Students will distinguish between rate and unit rate.between rate and unit rate.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary:

Rate: Rate:

A ratio of two measures that have A ratio of two measures that have different units.different units.

Unit Rate: Unit Rate:

A rate with a denominator of 1.A rate with a denominator of 1.


To write a unit rate, the denominator To write a unit rate, the denominator must be one.must be one.

What will you have to divide by to get What will you have to divide by to get the denominator to be one?the denominator to be one?


1.) Write the Space Station’s average 1.) Write the Space Station’s average rate of rate of

as a unit rate. as a unit rate.

Practice writing unit rates: Practice writing unit rates:

153secmi

601.)

20secm 5000

2.)25

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1.) It costs $8.00 for 3 bags of chips. 1.) It costs $8.00 for 3 bags of chips. How much does 1 bag cost?How much does 1 bag cost?

2.) You drive 120 miles in 2 hours. How 2.) You drive 120 miles in 2 hours. How many miles did you drive in 1 hour? many miles did you drive in 1 hour? (m.p.h)(m.p.h)


A 12oz tub of popcorn costs $3.00. A A 12oz tub of popcorn costs $3.00. A 20oz tub of popcorn costs $4.00. 20oz tub of popcorn costs $4.00. Which tub is the better buy?Which tub is the better buy?

StepsSteps

Find the unit rate for each tubFind the unit rate for each tub

Which one costs less per ounce?Which one costs less per ounce?

PracticePractice

Unit Rate WorksheetUnit Rate Worksheet

unit 13 unit rate objective: students will distinguish between rate and unit rate

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