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Ratio and Proportional Relationships: Understanding Unit Rate
Unit Rates with Fractions (Whole ÷ Fraction)
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Unit Rates with Fractions (Whole ÷ Fraction)
Introduction
Unit rates involving a whole number divided by a fraction appear in real-life situations where we want to know how many fractional parts fit into a whole am...
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Transcript
Imagine you are helping your friend decorate posters for a school event. You need to finish 36 posters.
Let’s say you decorate 6 posters in half an hour. Now you wonder, “How fast am I working?” or “How many posters can I decorate in one hour?”
This is where the unit rate comes in. It compares one measure to exactly one unit of anoth...
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