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Are the speeds 30 miles per 3 hours and 10 miles per hour the same?. In this lesson you will learn to define a unit rate as a special kind of rate using a double number line. . Rates are ratios that compare two or more quantities of different measures. miles per gallon. miles per hour.
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Are the speeds 30 miles per 3 hours and 10 miles per hour the same?
In this lesson you will learn to define a unit rate as a special kind of rate using a double number line.
Rates are ratios that compare two or more quantities of different measures. miles per gallon miles per hour price per pound
What are the two quantities? 30 miles per hour 1 30 miles for every 1 hour
A unit rate is a rate where a quantity is always being compared to one of another quantity.
A car travels at a speed of 30 miles per 3 hours. miles 30 0 10 20 1 2 hours 3 0 10 miles per hour or 10 miles per 1 hour
50 miles 30 0 10 20 40 5 60 1 2 hours 3 0 4 A unit rate is an equivalent, simplified rate. 6
In this lesson you have learned to define a unit rate as a special kind of rate by using a double number line.
George mowed twelve lawns in four hours. What unit rate properly expresses this rate?
Create a diagram to find the unit rate for the fuel efficiency rate of 75 miles per 3 gallons of fuel. • Using your diagram, write a few sentences explaining the computation you had to do to create this unit rate.
Diagram this rate: • Annie decorates four cookies in two minutes. • Use your diagram to fill in the unit rates: • Annie decorates cookies per minute. • Challenge: • Annie needs seconds per cookie.