Unit Rate Market Mission

Grade 6 • Rates, unit rates & better buys
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Mission briefing

Can you spot the best deal?

Train your unit-rate skills through quick sorts, step-by-step builds, better-buy battles, real shopping missions, and a shelf-scanning detective game. You get two tries on most questions. Use the hints, show your thinking, and finish every tab.

Rate vs. Unit RateUnit PriceBetter BuysWhole Packages
Unit-rate shortcut
first quantity÷second quantity=per 1
For unit price: cost ÷ number of items = cost per 1 item

Start Here: What does “per 1” mean?

A unit rate compares a quantity to exactly 1 of another quantity. The same idea works for dollars per item, miles per hour, words per minute, and more.

Goal: understand the pattern before you play
RateCompares two quantities with different units.
Unit rateA rate with a second quantity of 1.
Unit priceThe cost for 1 item or 1 unit.
Better buyThe option with the lower unit price when the products are comparable.
Worked example
A café sells 6 fruit smoothies for $9.00. What is the cost per smoothie?
Write as a rate
$9.006 smoothies
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Divide both parts by 6
$1.501 smoothie
Notice: $9.00 ÷ 6 = $1.50 and 6 ÷ 6 = 1. The unit rate is $1.50 per smoothie.

Quick Sort: Rate or Unit Rate?

Look at the second quantity. If it is 1, you have a unit rate.

6 cards • 10 points each

Unit Rate Builder

Rewrite the situation as a fraction in your head. Then divide the numerator and denominator by the same number so the denominator becomes 1.

5 builders • two tries each

Better Buy Battle

Find each unit price, then choose the better buy. For equal products, the lower cost per 1 is the better unit price.

5 matchups • instant feedback

Cart Quest: Whole-Package Decisions

Now the shopping gets real — you cannot buy part of a package. Each mission runs in three quick rounds: scout the unit prices, pack the carts with the fewest whole packs, then make the final call.

3 missions • 3 rounds each

Deal Detective

Work three aisles and face the Markup Manager. Spot the lowest unit price, price-gun the tags, sort the shelf, and answer the manager. Build a combo for bigger coin payouts — but three mistakes in an aisle and you work that aisle again.

3 aisles + 1 boss • 13 cases
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Combo
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Rank
Trainee

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⚡Quick Sort
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🛒Cart Quest
🔎Deal Detective
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