Unit Rates
A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the unit rate?
Answer: 60 mph
12 pencils for $2.40 or 20 pencils for $4.00 — which is the better buy?
Answer: Same price (20¢ each)
Convert 3 feet to inches.
Answer: 36 in
A cyclist rides 12 miles in 1 hour. How many miles in 4 hours?
Answer: 48 miles
Convert 96 inches to feet.
Answer: 8 ft
A runner completes 5 miles in 50 minutes. What is the unit rate in miles per minute?
Answer: 0.1 miles/min
A 16 oz soda for $1.92 or a 24 oz soda for $2.64 — which is cheaper per ounce?
Answer: 24 oz (11¢/oz vs 12¢/oz)
Convert 2.5 hours to minutes.
Answer: 150 min
A runner does 3 laps of 0.5 miles each in 30 minutes. What is their speed in mph?
Answer: 3 mph
Convert 5.5 pounds to ounces.
Answer: 88 oz
48 ounces of juice costs $7.20. What is the cost per ounce?
Answer: $0.15/oz
A 5 lb bag of apples costs $6.75. What is the price per pound?
Answer: $1.35/lb
Convert 5 yards to feet.
Answer: 15 ft
A car goes 322 miles on 14 gallons of gas. What is the mpg?
Answer: 23 mpg
A pool fills at 12 gallons per minute. How many gallons in 1 hour?
Answer: 720 gallons
A printer prints 300 pages in 12 minutes. How many pages per minute?
Answer: 25 pages/min
A 15 oz cereal box for $4.20 or a 28 oz cereal box for $7.28 — which is the better buy?
Answer: 28 oz (26¢/oz vs 28¢/oz)
Convert 3.25 yards to inches.
Answer: 117 in
A bus travels 175 miles in 2.5 hours. What is its speed?
Answer: 70 mph
A pool holds 9,000 liters. About how many gallons is that? (1 gal ≈ 3.785 L)
Answer: ~2,378 gal
A bus travels 84 miles in 1 hour 24 minutes. What is the speed in mph?
Answer: 60 mph
You can buy 12 oz trail mix for $4.20 or 20 oz for $6.60. Which is the better buy? Show unit rates.
Answer: 20 oz (33¢/oz vs 35¢/oz)
Convert 5 kilometers to miles. (1 mile ≈ 1.6 km)
Answer: 3.125 miles
If a bus goes 98 miles at 70 mph, how long will it take?
Answer: 1 hr 24 min
The pool above fills at 12 gallons/min. How long will it take to fill 9,000 L?
Answer: ~198 minutes (3 hr 18 min)