Applying Unit Rates
Distance, Time and
Speed
Speed
Ratio Tables
Ratio and Rate Word Problems
Rates and Unit Rates
Average Speed
100
It costs $45.00 for 9 pounds of nuts.
Determine the cost for 2 pounds.
What is $10?
100
A car travels 200 miles for 4 hours. Determine the speed.
What is 50 mph?
100
Complete the table:
2/3=8/12=32/48
100
Peter mixes flour and sugar in the ratio 3 : 1 to prepare cookies. If Peter uses 21 cups of flour, then determine how many cups of sugar he will use.
What is 7 cups of sugar?
100
Sean scored 144 points in 3 games. Find the unit rate.
What is 48 points a game?
100
The Smith family drove from NJ to DC in 5 hours. If the trip was 250 miles, then what was the average speed of their car?
What is 50 mph?
200
It costs $24 for 3 pounds of fish.
Determine the cost of 8 pounds.
What is $64?
200
A high speed train goes 80 mph for 2.5 hours. Determine the distance.
What is 200 miles?
200
Complete the table:
1/3=5/15=25/75
200
Jumbo paper clips cost $1.05 for 5 clips. Find the cost for 25 jumbo paper clips.
What is $5.25?
200
Sarah paid $21 for 6 pounds of turkey. Find the unit rate.
What is $3.50 per pound?
200
Mrs. Perrotta and her husband drove from 9am to 1pm and traveled 260 miles. Find their average speed.
What is 65 mph?
300
It costs $180 for 9 people to go to the play.
Determine the cost for 7 people.
What is $140?
300
Determine how long it takes Mrs. Perrotta to drive to Delaware is she travels 301.5 miles at an average speed of 67mph.
What is 4.5 hours?
300
Complete the Table.
300
In a bag of mixed nuts, there are 7 walnuts for every 2 peanuts. If the bag contains 90 nuts in all, find the number of walnuts and peanuts.
What is 70 walnuts and 20 peanuts?
300
On a school field trip, 240 people went on 5 buses. Find how many people were on each bus.
What is 48 people per bus?
300
Sally drove for 2 hours at 47 mph and 1 hour at 32 mph. Find Sally's average speed.
What is 42 mph?
400
Sally runs 35 meters in 20 seconds.
Determine how far she will run in meters in 75 seconds.
What is 131.25 meters?
400
Mrs. D. travels 2.5 hours to LBI, 3 hours to PA, and then another 2.5 hours home. If she drives 464 miles in total, determine the average speed in mph.
What is 58 mph?
400
Complete the Table
400
Sally drove 450 miles in 9 hours. At that same rate, find many hours will it take her to drive 600 miles.
What is 12 hours?
400
Ms. B filled up her 12-gallon gas tank for $43.08. Determine the cost per gallon of gas.
What is $3.59?
400
Matthew rides his bike for 45 minutes at a 28 mph. He takes a break and rides for another 45 minutes at 36 mph. Find his average speed.
What is 32 mph?
500
Determine the better buy.
$13.35 for 5 drinks or $9.27 for 3 drinks
Explain WHY you feel the way you do.
What is $13.35 for 5 drinks because it is $2.67 per drink compared to $3.09 per drink?
500
Mrs. F drove 1,134 miles to Florida with her family. If her average speed was 63 mph, then find how many hours were spent driving in the car round trip.
What is 36 hours?
500
- A store sells 2 printers for every 5 computers. Determine the number of printers if the store sells 15 computers. Determine the number of computers if the store sells 30 printers.
What is 2:5, 6:15 and 30:75?
500
Our district pays $1.5 million for 2.4 acres of land to develop a new school complex. Find the cost per acre.
What is $625,000?
500
Fiona could pay $10.50 for 3 gallons of milk or $18 for 5 gallons of milk. Determine which is the better buy AND how much she could save per gallon.
(Hint: Find the unit rate of each and compare)
What is 3 gallons of milk?
Fiona will save 10 cents a gallon.
500
The Happy family drove from NJ to SC - 700 miles away. For the first part of the trip, they drove 5 hours 30 minutes at an average speed of 64 mph. Find how long the second part of the trip would take if they drove 70 mph. Round to the nearest hundredth of an hour.
What is 4.97 hours?