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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Fast is Usain Bolt?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Revisit the 2012 Summer Olympics by having seventh graders calculate the unit rate sprinting speed of the 100-meter gold medal winner.Ā 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ratios, Unit Rates, and Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the concept of ratios, unit rates, and proportions. Learners convert fractions and percents to decimals. They discuss rates and where they can be found in the real world. A hands-on experiment and numerous flash cards and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Track Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
And they're off! While two runners are at track practice, your mathematicians' job is to find out who leaves the other in the dust. The activity provides a variety of data that can be computed into unit rates for comparisons. Available...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparison of Unit Rates: Drive Away

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive that challenges mathematicians to compare unit rates. Word problems question scholars about two friends going on a road trip. Scholars manipulate two cars on a coordinate plane to help solve word...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equations from Unit Rates

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Your class can become linear equations masters, as they calculate the rate of change of a function. They observe different types of coordinates as they relate to a graph, then use the Ti-navigator to move the line around and draw...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic Skills: Unit Rates

For Students 7th - 9th
In this unit rates worksheet, students determine the unit rate of given data. This three-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the last page of the worksheet.
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Curated OER

The Smart Son

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Grab your youngsters' attention by reading the poem, "Smart" by Shel Silverstein. The son in the poem was not smart in how he handled his money. Mathematics whizzes help him out by using ratio problems to re-calculate his money exchange....
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

DVD Profits, Variation 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
The idea in the resource is to understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations. To stay within the context of the standard, skip the part of the resource that solves with unit rates. Instead,...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Molly's Run, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Part of as assessment series, the activity follows the lessonĀ Molly'sĀ RunĀ to practice ratios and dividing with fractions. Different solution options are given for your learners' preference. The commentary explains how the standards...
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National Security Agency

Partying with Proportions and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Examine ratios and proportions in several real-world scenarios. Children will calculate unit rates, work with proportions and percentages as they plan a party, purchase produce, and take a tally. This lesson plan recommends five...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Coffee by the Pound

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This is a great exercise in graphing proportional quantities to interpret the unit rate as the slope of a graph. It is not easy for learners to understand what a unit rate is. When it is presented as the slope of a linear line graph,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stock Swaps, Variation 3

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
More on the fictitious takeover of the Apple Corporation by Microsoft. In this scenario, Microsoft has $28.00 per share to spare, so how many do they need to offer to make an even trade? This is an engaging problem to solve when...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What Is A Rate? Practice Sheet

For Students 5th - 10th
Your mathematicians practice expressing rates with ratios. They identify from among 12 ratios the ones that are unit rates. They express six given situations as two equal rates each. Finally, they interpret data about fuel efficiency...
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Activity
101 Questions

Bolt Conversion

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Usain Bolt and Superman have something in commonā€”speed! A video of one of Bolt's races introduces young scholars to the concept of unit rate. Using data from the race, the narrator calculates a unit rate in kilometers per hour, which...
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Activity
101 Questions

Super Bear

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Bear with your classes as they explore unit rate and proportions using gummies! Gummy bears come in many different sizes, including a 2,250-gram super bear! The task asks learners to determine how many regular bears and how many mini...
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Activity
101 Questions

Would You like Fries with Your Order?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ever wonder what you are paying for a single fry at McDonald's? An engaging lesson compares the cost per fry in a small order to a larger order. It's a great application of unit rate that is sure to make your classes hungry for more!
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra I: Linear Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Using rates from a rental car company, young mathematicians graph data, explore linear relationships, and discuss the role of slope and the y-intercept. This lesson plan allows for the discussion of independent and dependent variables,...
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Handout
McGraw Hill

The Units of the English System

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Go from feet to inches to yards and back again with this notes and worksheet combo resource. Several pages of examples regarding unit conversion of the English system are given, followed by different pages of problems. There is a nice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

7.RP Music Companies, Variation 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Real-world multiple-step proportion problems are sometimes hard to find for your math class. Here is one designed specifically to meet that need. Learners use proportional relationships to determine price per share in the acquisition of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is Bigger Always Better?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore rational numbers with the young mathematicians in your class. They will investigate decimals, fractions, and percents before ordering and comparing rational numbers. This multi-day unit includes differentiation activities and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Interpreting Rate of Change and Initial Value

For Teachers 8th Standards
Building on knowledge from the previous lesson, the second lesson in this unit teaches scholars to identify and interpret rate of change and initial value of a linear function in context. They investigate how slope expresses the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Constant Rates Revisited

For Teachers 8th Standards
Find the faster rate. The resourceĀ tasks the class to compare proportional relationships represented in different ways. Pupils find the slope of the proportional relationships to determine the constant rates. They then analyze the rates...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Data Transfer

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A question to ask your class is, How fast is your Internet? That depends on the data transfer rate (DTR), which is the unit rate used in this activity. Math students will calculate how long it takes to download a music file and a video...
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Worksheet
Waterloo Mathematics

Number Sense and Numeration: Ratio and Rate

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Seventh-graders solve 20 various types of problems related to ratio and rate. They write ratios in simplest form for each given statement, to compare the area of two figures, and write two ratios equivalent to each ratio. Pupils express...

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