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$12.95 for 3 pounds of nuts or $21.45 for 5 pounds of nuts
What is 5 pounds of nuts
100
George read 126 pages of a book in 18 minutes. How many pages did he read in 1 minute?
what is 7 pages per minute
100
Bert bought 35 hotdogs for $20. Is this a unit rate?
What is no, because the denominator is not one.
100
Christina biked 36 miles in 6 hours. If she biked at a constant speed, how many miles did she ride in one hour?
What is 6 mi/hr
100
Marco mixes 2 cups of fertilizer with soil before planting each bulb. How many fluid ounces of fertilizer does he use per bulb?
What is 16 fluid ounces
200
A grocery store sells bottles of water 6 for $4 and 18 bottles of water for $10. Are the prices per bottle the same?
What is 18 bottles for 10 dollars.
200
The science materials cost $65.70 to do the experiment. If 9 students participated in the experiment, what was the unit cost per student?
what is $7.30
200
Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. What is the amount of time it will take him to walk 4 miles.
What is 80 min.?
200
Ricky made $600 in two weeks. Find the unit rate.
What is $300/week
200
Jonathon needs 4.5 yards of fabric to make a costume for a play. How many feet of fabric does she need?
What is 13.5 feet.
300
Rose spent $2.00 for 20 pieces of gum. Joe spent $1.50 for 10 pieces of gum. Who got the better deal and why?
What is Rose got the better deal. She got one piece for $0.10 and Joe spent $0.15 for one piece.
300
The toys cost $69.95 for 5 models. What is the unit rate for each model toy?
What is $13.99 per model toy
300
5 shovels of sand are mixed with 4 shovels of gravel to make cement. What is the number of shovels of gravel needed for 45 shovels of sand.
What is 36?
300
Apples sell 4 for $2.40. How much do 6 apples cost?
What is $3.60
300
A larger semi-truck can weigh 40 tons. How much does the large semi-truck weigh in pounds?
What is 80,000 pounds.
400
Owen needs to stock up on batteries for the upcoming snowstorm. The Dollar Discount Store sells packs of 2 batteries for $1.00. The Gigantic Grocery Store sells packs of 6 batteries for $2.49. Home Depot sells packs of 12 batteries for $5.95. Where can he get the best buy?
What is The Gigantic Grocery Store
400
A factory can produce mousetraps at a rate of 1500 traps in 3 hours. What is the unit rate per hour?
What is 500 traps per hour
400
30 buses can carry 1500 people. What is the number of people that can be carried by 5 buses.
What is 250 people
400
A recipe uses 1.5 cups of flour to make 1 dozen cookies. If Pamela wants to make 60 cookies, how many cups of flour will she use?
What is 7.5 cups of flour
400
A total of 35 pints of blood were collected at a local blood drive. How many quarts of blood were collected?
What is 17.5 quarts
500
Kyle is ordering subs for his Super Bowl party. The Delicious Deli sells three sizes of subs. Here is the menu: Delicious Deli’s Super Bowl Sub Sandwich Menu Personal Sub – 2 pieces $4.50 Foot-long Sub – 4 pieces $8.35 Party Platter Sub – 12 pieces $23.99 Which is the better buy?
What is the Party Platter Sub
500
Hillary earned $45 babysitting. If she babysat for 6 hours, what was her rate per hour?
What is $7.50 per hour
500
Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. What is the number of crates that 8 trucks can carry.
What is 320 crates
500
A chef makes 4 containers of soup that fill a total of 150 bowls. Each container of soup costs $30 to make. What is the cost per bowl for the soup?
What is 80 cents
500
A 3 pound pork loin can be cut into 10 pork chops of equal weight. How many ounces is each pork chop?
What is 4.8 ounces each