1. Target: Convert rates to different units.

2. Find each unit rate. 1. 2. Complete each conversion. 3. 4 yards = _____ feet 4. 80 centimeters = _____ meters

3.  Rate Conversion: A process of changing at least one unit of measurement in a rate to a different unit of measurement.

4. 1. Write the original rate as a fraction. 2. Determine what unit needs to be changed. Write an appropriate conversion rate. 3. Multiply by the conversion rate. Cancel units. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 if changing more than one unit of measurement. 5. Simplify the final rate to a unit rate.

5. Convert 48 miles per hour to miles per minute.  Write the rate as a fraction.  Write the conversion factor. 1 hour = 60 minutes  Write the conversion factor as a rate. Choose the one which will cancel units.  Multiply.  Forty-eight miles per hour is equal to 0.8 miles per minute.

6. Rolando rides his scooter 9 kilometers per hour. Find his rate in meters per minute.  Write the rate as a fraction.  Choose first rate conversion. 1 hour = 60 minutes  Choose conversion rate.  Multiply.

7. Rolando rides his scooter 9 kilometers per hour. Find his rate in meters per minute.  Write the rate as a fraction.  Choose next conversion. 1 kilometer = 1000 meters  Choose conversion rate.  Multiply.

8. Rolando rides his scooter 9 kilometers per hour. Find his rate in meters per minute.  Simplify to a unit rate.  Rolando rides his scooter 150 meters per minute.

9. 1. Convert to. 2. Convert 30 feet per hour to feet per minute.

10. If you knew how fast your friend drove in feet per minute, how would you find the rate in miles per hour?