Unit Rates
Steve drives 78 miles on 3 gallons of gas. Find the miles per gallon.
26 gallons per mile.
Pam can run four laps around the track in 330 seconds. Patrick can run two laps around the track in 160 seconds. Which person runs the fastest per lap?
Patrick
Determine the better buy.
18 ounces for $7.38
or
27 ounces for $15.39.
18 ounces for $7.38.
Suppose that a rainbow fist can swim 60 feet in 6 seconds. An angelfish can swim 45 feet in 2 seconds. Which fish can swim faster and by how much?
The angelfish swims 12.5 feet per second faster.
Walmart buys a case of 24 Takis packages for $20. What is the unit price?
$0.83 per Takis package .
Mrs. Carlson grades 50 papers in 12 minutes. Mrs. Hutchinson grades 120 papers in 30 minutes. Who grades more papers per minute?
Mrs. Carlson.
Target and Walgreens are both having a sale on body spray. At Target you can buy 9 cans for $35.89 and at Walgreens you can buy 11 cans for $45.99. Which is the better buy?
Target.
Raul is helping to make dinner for his family. To make a sauce for the chicken, he will use 1/3 cup of broth per serving of chicken. He has a container with 1 3/4 cups of broth left. How many servings of chicken can Raul make sauce for?
5 servings of chicken.
A skydiver falls 144 feet in three seconds. How far does the skydiver fall per second?
48 feet per second.
Suppose helicopter A travels 80 miles for 2 hours. Helicopter B travels at 240 miles in 3 hours. Which travels faster?
Helicopter B.
Same noticed that Rocky River Coffee sells a 20 ounce coffee for $5.32 and a 16 ounce coffee for $4.98. Which cup of coffee is cheaper per ounce?
20 ounce.
Latoya earns $25.05 for 3 hours of tutoring. How much money does Latoya earn each hour?
$8.35
A pump moves 42 gallons in seven minutes. Find the unit rate.
6 gallons per minute.
Marcel drove 140 miles in 2 hours. Brandon drove 204 miles in 3 hours. Who drove at a faster rate (in miles per hour)?
Marcel.
Determine which is the better buy.
22 staplers for $330
or
4 staplers for $80.
22 staplers for $330.
The local bakery uses 1.75 cups of flour in each batch of cookies. The bakery used 5.25 cups of flour this morning. If there are 5 dozen cookies in each batch, how many cookies did the bakery make?
180 cookies
A cookie called for 3 cups of sugar and 4 cups of flour. If you made a batch of cookies using 1 cup of flour, how many cups of sugar would you need?
3/4 cups of sugar.
It took a car 3 hours to drive 210 miles and another car 2.5 hours to drive 180 miles. Which car drove at a faster rate?
The second car.
Which is the better buy? 2 1/2 pounds of turkey for $6.25 or 3 1/3 pounds of turkey for $10.50?
2 1/2 pounds of turkey for $6.25.
Suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. A dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 seconds. Which can fly faster and by how much?
Dragonfly. 4.5 feet per second faster