Ratios in simplest form
Unit Rate
Better Buy
Are they equivalent?
Vocabulary
100

There are 16 teachers to 18 students. What is the ratio in simplist form?

8:9

100

If Mila drives 50 miles in 2 hours, what is her speed in miles per hour?

What is 25 miles per hour.

100

3 apple pies for $11

7 apple pies for $24

Apple pies


100
Determine if each pair of ratios or rates is equivalent. $3 for 6 bagels; $9 for 24 bagels
No; since the unit rates $0.50/1 bagel and $0.38/1 bagel, are not the same, the rates are not equivalent.
100

What is a ratio?

a comparison of 2 quantities by division.

200

There are 25 red M&Ms and 15 green M&Ms, what is their ratio of red to green?

What is 5:3

200

Misti bought a package of three T-shirts for $18.75. What is the unit price per T-shirt? 

$6.25

200

5 cans of coke for $3

6 cans of coke for $3.80

5 cans of coke

200
Determine if each pair of ratios or rates is equivalent. 96 words typed in 3 minutes; 160 words typed in 5 minutes.
Yes; since the unit rates are the same, 32 words/1 minute, the rates are equivalent.
200

What is a rate?

a type of ratio that compares 2 quantities with different units of measure.
300

The ratio of catfish to trout in the local

pond is 1 to 3. If there are 200 catfish in the

pond, how many trout are there?

600

300
If 10 bags of hot cheetos cost $3.50, then how much does 1 cost?
What is $0.35
300

28 stickers for $15

40 stickers for $20

40 stickers

300
Determine if each pair of ratios or rates is equivalent. 288 miles on 12 gallons of fuel; 240 miles on 10 gallons of fuel.
Yes; since the ratios share the same unit rate, the number of miles driven and the number of gallons of fuel form equivalent ratios.
300

What is a unit rate?

a special type of rate that compares a quantity to 1 unit of another quantity.  

400

In Timra’s math class, there are 12 students with brown hair

and 15 with blond hair. What is the

ratio of students with blond to brown hair in Timra’s math

class?

5:4

400

Kimmy bought a 5-kilogram can of peanuts for $4.50. What is the unit price?

$0.90

400

3 months subscription for $20

12 month subscription for $80

They are equal

400
Determine if each pair of ratios or rates is equivalent. 16 out of 28 students own pets; 240 out of 560 students own pets
No the ratios are not equivalent.
400

What is a unit price?

a unit rate that tells the cost of one item.

500

What are 2 ways to write an equivalent ratio A) adding B) subtracting C) multiplying D) dividing

What is C and D.

500

Michael bought a box of 20 pretzel rods for $4.40. What is the price per pretzel rod?

$0.22

500

Define what better buy means

The cheaper cost per item.

500
Determine if each pair of ratios or rates is equivalent. 8 pairs of socks for $12; 3 pairs of socks for $6
No the ratios are not equivalent.
500

Is this a rate, unit rate, or neither?

$40 for two shirts

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