Find the Unit Rate
Addition/Subtraction
Vocabulary
Hodge Podge
100

80 inches of snow over 10 days

8 inches of snow per day

100

12 + (-6)

6

100

The place on a grid where the axes meet, (0,0)

Origin

100

Is this a proportional relationship? Explain

No, it is not a straight line and it does not go through the origin.

200


k=3/4

200

− 5 + (− 4)

-9

200

When a shape is made proportionally larger, a scale factor greater than 1 is applied.

Enlargement

200


When Leroy went to bed, the temperature was −2°F. He needed his electric blanket to keep warm! By morning, the temperature had risen by 9°F. What is the new temperature?

7°F

300

30 chairs for 2 rows

15 chairs per row

300

2.2+(−2.5)

-0.3

300

the ratio that shows how much a figure or object is enlarged (made larger) or reduced (made smaller)

Scale Factor

300

6/5 + (-1/10)

11/10

400

480 hours in 12 weeks

40 hours per week

400

-3/7 + 4/7 

1/7

400

the value that, when added to the original number, results in a sum of zero... the opposite of a number.

Additive Inverse

500

A movie theater charges the same price for every ticket. The total cost is represented by the equation: y=9.50x where x is the number of tickets and y is the total cost in dollars. What is the unit rate?

$9.50

500

−21.52−(−8.86)

−12.66

500

When a shape is made proportionally smaller, a scale factor less than 1 is applied.

Reduction

500

A machine produces 480 gel pens per hour.  Which equation represents the number of gel pens, p, produced in m minutes?

p= 8m