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- à 4.2è Working with Rates.
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- äè Please write the following Rates in simplest form.
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- êèWrite 16 ft. in 12 seconds as a Rate is simplest form.
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- êêêë16 Ft.êï4 Ft.
- #êêêè──────────è=è─────
- êêêè12 secondsê3 sec.
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- éS As you recall from the last section, a Ratio is a comparison
- of two numbers that have the same units.ïIn this section we are looking
- at a Rate, which is a comparison of two numbers with different units.
- The two quantities "16 ft." and "12 sec." have different units.ïRates
- are only expressed as fractions.ïThe distance to time Rate for ç
- two quantities is found as follows:
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- êêêë 16 ft.ê4 ft.
- #êêêë ──────è=è─────
- êêêë 12 sec.ë 3 sec.
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- ï1
- êëWrite 120 miles on 3 gallons of gas as a Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè40 milesêï40 milesêè120 miles
- #ë A)ï────────ëB)ï────────ë C)ï─────────ëD)ïå
- êè 1 gal.êè 3 gal.êë 3 gal.
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- ü
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- êêê120 milesêï40 miles
- #êêê─────────è =è ────────
- êêêï3 gal.êë 1 gal.
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- Ç A
- ï2
- êëWrite $1.38 for six candy bars as a Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè $.42êë$.49êê$.23
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï────────ë C)ï─────êïD)ïå
- êè2 barsêè 3 barsêë1 bar
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- ü
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- êêêè$1.38êë$.23
- #êêêè──────ë=ë─────
- êêêè6 barsêè 1 bar
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- Ç C
- ï3
- êëWrite 20 children in 12 families as a Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè18 childrenë 5 childrenê 4 children
- #ë A)ï───────────ïB)ï──────────è C)ï──────────è D)ïå
- êè 2 familiesë 3 familiesêï1 family
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- ü
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- êêë20 childrenêè 5 children
- #êêë───────────ë=ë──────────
- êêë12 familiesêè 3 families
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- Ç B
- ï4
- êëWrite $14 for 4 pounds of meat as a Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè $12êê$7êêï$9
- #ë A)ï─────ê B)ï─────êïC)ï─────êïD)ïå
- êè8 lbs.êè 2 lbs.êë2 lbs.
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- êêêè$14êêï$7
- #êêêï──────ë =ë ──────
- êêêï4 lbs.êë 2 lbs.
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- Ç B
- ï5
- êëWrite 18 gallons in 8 hours as a Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè9 gal.êè 12 gal.êè 2 gal.
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï───────êC)ï──────ê D)ïå
- êè4 hrs.êë6 hrs.êè 1 hrs.
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- êêê18 gallonsêï9 gallons
- #êêê──────────è =è ─────────
- êêêï8 hoursêè 4 hours
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- Ç A
- äè Please write the following comparisons as Unit Rates.
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- â
- êêèWrite 12 ft. in 5 sec. as a Unit Rate.
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- êêêï12 ft.êè 2.4 ft.
- #êêêï──────ë=ë───────
- êêêï5 sec.êë1 sec.
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- éS To write 12 ft. in 5 sec. as a Unit Rate, you should first
- express the Rate as a fraction.
- êêêêè 12 ft.
- #êêêêè ──────
- êêêêè 5 sec.
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- Next, you should divide the bottom number into the top number.
- êêêêë 2.4
- #êêêêè┌─────
- #êêêê 5 │ 12.0
- êêêêë10
- #êêêêë────
- êêêêë 2 0
- êêêêë 2 0
- #êêêêë ───
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- The Unit Rate is the found by placing "2.4 ft." over "1 sec."
- êêêêë2.4 ft.
- #êêêêë───────
- êêêêë 1 sec.
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- This expression is usually read as 2.4 ft. per second.
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- ï6
- êëWrite 14 feet in 4 seconds as a Unit Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè3.5 ft.êè4.7 ft.êë7 ft.
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï───────êC)ï──────ê D)ïå
- êè1 sec.êë1 sec.êè 2 sec.
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- ü
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- êêêè 14 ft.êï3.5 ft.
- #êêêè ──────è =è ───────
- êêêè 4 sec.êè1 sec.
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- Ç A
- ï7
- êëWrite $2,125 earned in 5 weeks as a Unit Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè $227êë $635êê$425
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï──────ê C)ï──────ê D)ïå
- êè1 weekêè 1 weekêë1 week
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- ü
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- êêê $2,125êë $425
- #êêê ───────ë=ë──────
- êêê 5 weeksêè 1 week
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- Ç C
- ï8
- êëWrite 440 miles in 8 hours as a Unit Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè65 milesêï55 milesêè45 miles
- #ë A)ï────────ëB)ï────────ë C)ï────────ë D)ïå
- êè 1 hoursêè1 hourêë1 hour
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- ü
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- êêê 440 milesêï55 miles
- #êêê ─────────è =è ────────
- êêêï8 hoursêè 1 hour
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- Ç B
- ï9
- êëWrite 2,400 words in 12 pages as a Unit Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè200 wordsê 250 wordsêï240 words
- #ë A)ï─────────è B)ï─────────ëC)ï─────────ëD)ïå
- êè 1 pageêè 1 pageêë1 page
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- ü
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- êêë 2,400 wordsêï200 words
- #êêë ───────────è =è ─────────
- êêê 12 pagesêè 1 page
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- Ç A
- ï10
- êëWrite $36,000 in 12 months as a Unit Rate in simplest
- form.
- êè$2,800êè $3,000êë$2,500
- #ë A)ï───────ë B)ï───────êC)ï───────êD)ïå
- êè1 monthêè1 monthêè 1 month
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- ü
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- êêêï$36,000êë$3,000
- #êêê ─────────è =ë───────
- êêê 12 monthsêè1 month
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- Ç B
- ï11
- êëIf four cakes cost $15.20, what is the cost per cake?
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- êè$3.80êë$4.00êë $5.00
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï──────ê C)ï──────ê D)ïå
- êè1 cakeêè 1 cakeêë1 cake
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- ü
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- êêêï$15.20êë $3.80
- #êêêï───────ë=ë──────
- êêêï4 cakesêè 1 cake
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- Ç A
- ï12
- êëIf 250 shares of stock cost $2,000, what is the cost per
- share?
- êè $12.00êè $14.00êë$8.00
- #ë A)ï───────ë B)ï───────êC)ï───────êD)ïå
- êè1 shareêè1 shareêè 1 share
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- ü
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- êêêï$2,000êë $8.00
- #êêê──────────è =è ───────
- êêê250 sharesêï1 share
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- Ç C
- ï13
- ë If twenty feet of lumber costs $53.00, what is the cost per board-
- foot?
- êè $2.65êë$4.50êë $3.25
- #ë A)ï───────ë B)ï───────êC)ï───────êD)ïå
- êè1 footêè 1 footêë1 foot
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- ü
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- êêêè $53.00êè$2.65
- #êêêè───────è =è ──────
- êêêè20 feetêï1 foot
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- Ç A
- ï14
- ë If a person earns $37.20 in 8 hours, what is the rate per hour?
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- êè $3.85êë$4.65êë $4.45
- #ë A)ï──────êB)ï──────ê C)ï──────ê D)ïå
- êè1 hourêè 1 hourêë1 hour
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- ü
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- êêêè $37.20êè$4.65
- #êêêè───────è =è ──────
- êêêè8 hoursêï1 hour
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- Ç B
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