Unit Rates
Proportions
Thanksgiving Trivia
100
How many calories per gram of trail mix are there? (Hint it's calories per 1 gram of trail mix!)
What is 3 calories per gram?
100
x = 30
100
How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
What is 3 days?
200
How many grams of trail mix are there per calorie?
(Hint: grams per 1 calorie)
What is 1/3 grams of trail mix per calorie?
200
Zinn's Grandma drives her golf cart 8 kilometers in 24 minutes. How far does she drive in 6 minutes?
Use a proportion to solve! Show your scaling!
What is 2 km?
(8km)/(24min)=(?km)/(6min)
200
Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?
What is apple pie!
300
Use a proportion to find the following unit rate:
Three enchiladas have a total of 705 calories
How many calories are there per enchilada?
What is 235 calories per enchilada?
(705 c)/(3 e) = (? c)/(1 e)
300
Becca, Maddy, and Evie organize a cupcake sale to help raise money for the Bolton Ski Program. They charge $18 for 12 dozen cupcakes. Write and solve proportions to answer the following:
How much do 5 dozen cupcakes cost?
Set up a proportion for credit!
What is $7.50?
($18)/(12 dozen)=($?)/(5dozen)
300
What state raises the most Turkeys?
What is Minnesota?
400
Bill’s car can go 450 miles using just 15 gallons of gas. Find both unit rates:
Miles per gallon:
Gallons per mile:
What is....
30 miles per gallon
1/30 gallons per mile or 0.0333.. gallons per mile
400
Calculators are on sale at a price of $1,000 for 20. How many can be purchased for $1,250? Write and solve a proportion.
What is 25 calculators?
($1000)/(20c)=($1250)/(?c)
400
What are turkey chicks called?
What is pults or turkeylings?
500
Henry and Zane were racing dirt bikes. Henry traveled 10 miles in 15 minutes and Zane traveled 23 miles in 30 minutes. Who has the faster average speed? You must use labeled unit rates in your answer for credit!
What is Zane?
Henry speed: 0.66... miles per minute
Zane speed: 0.766.. miles per minute
500
A jet takes 10 miles to descend 4,000 feet. How many miles does it take for the jet to descend 5,280 feet? Set up two different proportions that could be used to solve the problem and solve them both.
What is 13.2 miles?
(4000ft)/(5280ft)=(10mi)/(?mi)
(10 mi)/(4000ft)=(?mi)/(5280ft)
500
In what decade did both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade start? Think 50's, 70s, 90s...That's a decade!
1920s!
(1924 to be exact!)