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What tells you the unit rate?
We can find the unit rate when given a rate by dividing the unit in the numerator by the quantity in the denominator. For example, if we are given the rate $4.50/5 gallons of milk, we can divide 4.50 by 5 to find the unit price, which is dollars per one gallon of milk.
What are three examples of a unit rate?
Some examples of unit rates are: miles per hour, blinks per second, calories per serving, steps per day and heart beats per minute.
How do you tell if a rate is a unit rate?
When rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 2 feet per second (that is, per 1 second) or 5 miles per hour (that is, per 1 hour), they can be defined as unit rates. You can write any rate as a unit rate by reducing the fraction so it has a 1 as the denominator or second term.
How do you write a unit rate?
A unit rate has a denominator of 1 unit when the rate is written as a fraction. To write a rate as a unit rate: divide the numerator and the denominator of the rate by the denominator. Example #1: A rate compares two quantities of different units. Each part of the rate must be labeled!
How do you write an expression as a unit rate?
It is usually expressed as the amount of money earned for one hour of work. For example, if you are paid $12.50 for each hour you work, you could write that your hourly (unit) pay rate is $12.50/hour (read $12.50 per hour.) To convert a rate to a unit rate, we divide the numerator by the denominator.
Which is not a unit rate?
km is not a unit rate. If it was km/hour then the unit rate would be kilometers per hour… km/gal would be a unit rate of kilometers per gallon…
What is an equivalent unit rate?
A rate is a type of ratio that compares two quantities that have different units of measurement. Different rates that have the same value are equivalent rates. You can find an equivalent rate the same way you find equivalent ratios—divide or multiply the numerator and the denominator by the same number.
How do you simplify a unit rate?
With a unit rate, you are comparing a quantity to one. Some common unit rates are miles per gallon, price per pound, and pay rate per hour. To find a unit rate, simplify the ratio so that you have a 1 in the denominator. You can simply divide the first number in the ratio by the second.
How do you express a rate as a unit rate?
You can write any rate as a unit rate by reducing the fraction so it has a 1 as the denominator or second term. As a unit rate example, you can show that the unit rate of 120 students for every 3 buses is 40 students per bus. You could also find the unit rate by dividing the first term of the ratio by the second term.