Fun with Fractions
Finding Unit Rates
Unit Rate Word Problems
100

The reciprocal of 5/9.

What is 9/5 ?

100

Find miles per hour for: 2/3 miles in 1/2 hour.

What is 4/3?

100

A snail going full speed was taking 1 ⁄ 3 of a minute to move 1 ⁄ 9 of a centimeter. At this rate, this is how long it will take the snail to travel a centimeter.

What is 3 minutes?

200

3/4 divided by 1/5

What is 3 3/4

200

Find dollars per hour for: $5/6 in 3/4 hours.

What is 10/9?

200

While exercising Frank walked 1 ⁄ 8 of a mile in 1 ⁄ 5 of an hour. At this rate, this is how far Frank will have traveled after 2 hour. 

What is 5/4 of a mile?

300

The reciprocal of (3 and 2/3).

What is 3/11 ?

300

Find cookies per minute for: 4/5 cookies in 1/6 minute.

What is 24/5 to 1, or 24 to 5, or 4 and 4/5 to 1 ?

300

A water hose had filled up 1 ⁄ 8 of a pool after 1 ⁄ 5 of an hour. At this rate, this is how many hours it would take to fill the entire pool. 

What is 8/5 of an hour, or 1 and 3/5 hours?

400

Numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator 

What is Improper Fraction

400

Find sandwiches per minute for: 6/7 minutes for 4/8 sandwiches.

What is 7/12?

400

A bag with 3 and 1/3 ounces of peanuts can make 2/3 of a jar of peanut butter. This is the number of ounces of peanuts it would take to make 3 jars.

What is 15 ounces of peanuts?

500

A rate that stays the same 

What is a constant rate?

500

Find the for dollars per minute for: 1 and 1/7 minutes and 3 and 1/5 dollars.

What is 514/5?

500

A cookie recipe called for 3 and 2⁄4 cups of sugar for every 3 and 2⁄3 cups of flour. If you made a batch of cookies using 6 cups of flour, this is how many cups of sugar you would need.

What is 5 and 8/11 cups?