Using Unit Rates: Price and Speed
I can solve problems using a unit rate, like price per item or miles per hour.
📘 Word Bank + Sentence Frames
unit rateperprice per itemmiles per hour
- Once you know the rate for one, multiply to find the rate for many.
- Frame: "One ____ is ____, so ____ of them is ____ × ____ = ____."
👀 See It
1 notebook = $3 → 5 notebooks = 5 × $3 = $15
A car at 60 miles per hour travels 60 × 3 = 180 miles in 3 hours.
✏️ Your Turn
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1. Pencils cost $2 each. How much for 4 pencils?
2. A runner goes 5 km each hour. How far in 3 hours?
3. 1 ticket is $7. What do 3 tickets cost?
💬 Explain Your Thinking
Show how you used a unit rate to solve a problem:
"One blank is blank, so blank of them is blank × blank = blank."