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Mathematics (Grade 7)

Ratio and Proportional Relationships

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Ratio and Proportional Relationships: Understanding Unit Rate

What is a unit rate?

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What is a Unit Rate?
Introduction

A unit rate compares a quantity to one unit of another quantity. It is used to describe how much of something occurs or is done per unit, making it easier to compare and understand...

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Jake sees a pack of 5 notebooks for $8. He wants to make sure he isn’t spending more than $2 per notebook.

To figure that out, he divides the total cost by the number of notebooks to find the cost of one notebook.

This method is called finding the unit rate. A unit rate compares two quantities and tells how much there is for one unit...

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