Objectives:
- Define unit rate and unit price.
- Calculate unit rate and unit price.
What is a Unit Rate?
A unit rate is a ratio that compares a quantity to another quantity given in one unit. Some examples include miles per gallon, miles per hour, words per minute, heart rate (beats per minute), and price per quantity.
Let's look at an example of how to calculate the unit rate:
Let's look at an example of how to calculate the unit rate:
Let's look at another unit rate problem that involves some conversion:
Let's look at one more unit rate problem:
Unit Price
Unit price is a type of unit rate. Unit price is the price per one quantity. Let's look at an example!
Let's look at our last unit price example:
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