Vocabulary
Finding Unit Rate
Understanding Proportional Relationships
100

a relationship between two quantities or values

Ratio

100

John spent $36 on 4 basketballs. What is the unit rate for a basketball?

9

100

Mrs. Lopez types at a constant rate. The constant of proportionality for the relationship between the number of words she types, w, and the number of minutes she types, m, is 38. Write an equation to show this relationship.

w = 38m

200

A rate for one of something

Unit Rate

200

You bought 4 lbs of bananas for $3.36, how much is each banana?

$0.84

200

A farm stand sells oranges in 3-lb bags for $3.75. Write an equation that represents the cost, c, for p pounds of oranges

c = 1.25p

300

A fraction that contains a fraction in the numerator, denominator, or both

Complex Fraction

300

Ms Rozario is buying dry erase markers for the class. She purchases a 36 pack of markers and her total is $42.75. What is the cost of a single marker? (round to the nearest hundredth)

$1.19

300

Miguel mixes plant food with water to feed his plants. The instructions on the plant food say to mix 1 teaspoon of plant food into every 4 cups of water. a. Write an equation to show the relationship between cups of water, w, and teaspoons of plant food, f.

w = 4f, or f = 1/4w

400

The _____ ____ ______ is the ratio that relates two values in a proportional relationship, also known as the  ____ _____. 


Constant of Proportionality

Unit Rate

Scale Factor

400

You are helping your aunt figure out the fuel efficiency of her car. By the time her 15 gallon gas tank was empty, she traveled 312 miles. How many miles per gallon is her car getting?

20.8 mpg

400

The number of laps Jessica runs around the track is proportional to the time she spends running. She runs 12 laps in 1/2 hour. 

What is the constant of proportionality for the relationship between number of laps and number of hours? Show your work.

24

500

In a ______ Relationship, the two values change (increase/decrease) at the same rate and have a constant

Proportional 

500

In 36.5 weeks, Miguel raised $2,372.50 for cancer research. How was his unit rate in price per week?

$65 per week

500

Pablo mixes 3 units white paint and 1 unit black paint to make gray paint. What two equations show the relationship between units of white paint, w, and units of black paint, b?

w=3b, b=1/3w