1. Unit Rates
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2. Warm Up Draw and complete the Frayer Model on your paper.
Define in your own words.
Draw a picture to show what the word means.
Ratio
Non-Examples (list at least 3)
Examples (list at least 3)

3. Rate Flippable

4. Rates Unit Rates
20 miles in 2 hours 10 miles per hour
$12 for 3 people $4 per person
80 pages in 2 hours 40 pages in one hour
How are rates and unit rates alike? Different?

5. Rate- A ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units.
Example: 𝟐𝟑𝟑 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝟐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔
Unit Rate- A rate that has a denominator of one. (Divide)
Example: 𝟐𝟑𝟑÷𝟐=𝟏𝟏𝟔.𝟓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔/𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆

6. Example 1: Hal drove 120 miles in 3 hours
Example 1: Hal drove 120 miles in 3 hours. What is his speed in miles per hour?
𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝟑 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝟏𝟐𝟎÷𝟑=𝟒𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓
Example 2: Danny bought 5 hamburgers and spent $ What is the price per burger?
$𝟐𝟓.𝟕𝟓 𝟓 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝟐𝟓.𝟕𝟓÷𝟓=$𝟓.𝟏𝟓 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓

7. Example 3: Find each unit price and tell which is the best buy.
10 juice boxes for $4.00
5 juice boxes for $2.50
24 juice boxes for $10.00
Best Buy!
$0.40
$0.50
$0.42

8. 80 miles per hour 5 cups per cake $1.70 per ticket $0.07 per oz BB
Practice
Write the unit rate for each rate.
1). You drive 1,600 miles in 20 hours.
2). Fifty five cups of flour for 11 cakes.
3). $25.50 for 15 tickets
Find each unit price (unit rate). Then determine the better buy.
4). Orange Juice 18 oz for $1.26
8 oz for $0.70
5). Gloves pairs for $3.50
6 pairs for $9.00
80 miles per hour
5 cups per cake
$1.70 per ticket
$0.07 per oz BB
$0.09 per oz
$1.75 per pair
$1.50 per pair BB

9. Closure
What is the difference between a rate and unit rate. Give an example of each.