Practice Unit Rate in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Quick Recap

A rate expressed as a quantity per single unit of another quantity, such as miles per hour or cost per item.

'60 miles per hour' tells you the distance in one hour—easy to compare.

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Example 1

easy
A store sells 3 notebooks for $6\$6. What is the price per notebook?

Example 2

medium
A car travels 270 miles using 9 gallons. If gas costs \$3.60/gal, what is the cost per mile?

Example 3

medium
Typing speed: 270 words in 6 minutes. At this rate, how many words in 10 minutes?

Example 4

medium
A 12-pack of juice costs \$5.40. A 20-pack costs \$8.00. Which is the better deal?

Example 5

medium
A printer uses 20 ml of ink for 100 pages. What is the rate in ml per page?

Example 6

easy
A student reads 60 pages in 4 days. Find the unit rate (pages per day).

Example 7

easy
A runner covers 400 meters in 50 seconds. Find meters per second.

Example 8

medium
A baker uses 9 cups of flour for 36 cookies. How many cups per cookie?

Example 9

easy
A runner completes 15 laps in 45 minutes. What is the unit rate in minutes per lap?

Example 10

medium
A 24-oz bottle of shampoo costs \$6.00. What is the cost per ounce, and how much would a 36-oz bottle cost at the same rate?

Example 11

medium
A recipe needs 3 cups of flour for 24 cookies. How many cups are needed per cookie, and for 40 cookies?

Example 12

medium
A train travels 350 km in 5 hours. At this rate, how far does it travel in 1 hour? In 9 hours?

Example 13

medium
If 4 workers build a wall in the same time, and together they lay 96 bricks per hour, what is each worker's rate in bricks per hour?

Example 14

easy
What is the unit rate if a roller-coaster lifts 240 people in 30 minutes?

Example 15

medium
A factory makes 1,800 parts in an 8-hour shift. What is the production rate per hour?

Example 16

easy
12 identical pencils weigh 60 grams. Find the weight per pencil.

Example 17

challenge
Pump A fills a tank at 12 liters per minute; Pump B at 8 liters per minute. Working together, how long to fill a 200-liter tank?

Example 18

easy
A printer prints 90 pages in 3 minutes. Find pages per minute.

Example 19

easy
A garden hose fills a bucket of 8 liters in 4 minutes. What is the rate in liters per minute?

Example 20

medium
Brand A: 12 oz for $3.00\$3.00. Brand B: 20 oz for $4.40\$4.40. Which has the lower cost per ounce?
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