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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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Curated OER

Get Me to the Premiere on Time

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discover how to calculate speed, distance, and rate. In this problem solving lesson, students view an episode of "Cyberchase" and use the distance formula to determine the fastest route that the main character in the episode...
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NASA

Understanding the Effects of Differences in Speed—Problem Set D

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Fall back and slow down. The fourth lesson in a six-part series on air traffic control leads the class to find the difference in distance traveled based upon the difference in speed. Pupils work through a problem related to walking...
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Curated OER

Distance Formulas

For Students 7th - 8th
In this distance formulas activity, learners identify and complete 9 various questions that include using the distance formulas to solve. First, they use the formulas given to respond to each of the questions in the tables shown on the...
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101 Questions

Travel Times

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's just a sign of the times. Given a billboard with distances and travel times to two different interstate highway junctions, learners determine the speed limit. They must incorporate the concepts of distance, rate, and time with that...
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Curated OER

Word Problems Mixture, Distance, Money, and Integers

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems dealing with mixture, distance, money and integer. There are 32 questions dealing with word problems.
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National Wildlife Federation

Who Is Faster?

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Am I going to catch it? Individuals time how long it takes them to walk, jog, and run a given distance and calculate their speed. They then research two animals and find their speeds. Using a chart, pupils compare the speeds of the...
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Activity
101 Questions

Stopping Distances

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In 2016, one in every four fatal car crashes listed speeding as a contributing factor. Pupils view videos of a car trying to come to a quick stop from four different rates of speed. They use context clues to measure and determine the...
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Curated OER

Conversions and Rates

For Students 6th - 8th
In this conversions and rates worksheet, students solve 10 different word problems that include using metric conversions and rates to solve each problem. First, they determine the number of milliliters needed for the correct dosage of...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 14 - Rates

For Teachers Higher Ed
For this rate worksheet, students draw and label given situations, determine the rates and the relationship between them. This two-page worksheet contains 7 multi-step problems.
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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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Curated OER

Lesson #20 Rates of Change and Velocity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate speed. In this rate of change lesson, students complete a rate/time/distance table to determine the average m.p.h. of a given trip. They listen and follow along with the lecture and examples to determine the average...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Distance across the channel

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here you will find a model of a linear relationship between two quantities, the water depth of a channel and the distance across the channel at water level. The cross section of the channel is the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Solving and Using Literal Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
You literally need to use the resource. Young mathematicians solve geometric problems by using literal equations. They go on to solve distance/rate/time problems by using literal equations — a great progression that helps introduce the...
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Unit Plan
Bowland

In or Out? ... What's Your Decision?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young mathematicians use photos and video clips to determine if a cricket player is "in" or "out." This analysis occurs using scale factors, distance-rate-time formula, and consideration of precision and accuracy.
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Defining, Describing and Calculating Rate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students view Cyberchase video to introduce calculating speeds. In this rate and distance lesson, students make original tables showing rate, distance and speed. Students analyze distance - time graphs for understanding.
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Curated OER

Orienteering - Lesson 4 - Distance and Height

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pretend that you've been dropped onto a mountain, in the middle of nowhere,  and all you have to find your way is a topographical map and a compass. Could you find your way to the nearest town? Orienteering teaches the skills of map...
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Curated OER

Related Rates

For Students Higher Ed
In this related rates worksheet, students are given various scenarios and determine the distance and rate of each situation. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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Curated OER

Math 155 - Worksheet 8. Rate

For Students Higher Ed
For this rate worksheet, students read short word problems, and write equations to solve the problem. Equations include distance problems and rate of travel.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 5 - Objective 5.1 - Unit Rates

For Students 11th - 12th
In this unit rate activity, students read story problems, determine important information, and write equations to solve the problem. Problems include distance, rate, cost per pound, and total cost. This one-page activity contains ten...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 10 1/2: Distance and Rate

For Students 10th - 12th
In this distance and rate worksheet, students read story problems, determine necessary information and write equations to solve problems. Most problems involve velocity. This one-page worksheet contains fourteen problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 10 - Objective 5.1 Rate and Time

For Students 11th - 12th
In this rate and time worksheet, students read story problems, write equations and solve time and rate problems. They find the find the difference between squares. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Curated OER

Uniform-Motion Problems: Just Playing with Cars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of the formula for distance. For this formula for distance lesson, students time battery operated cars with constant velocity over 15 meters. Students use the distance = rate x time formula to determine the...
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Curated OER

Regents Exam Questions: Distance

For Students 9th - 12th
For this distance worksheet, students solve 12 multiple choice, short answer, and graphing problems.  Students use the distance formula to find the distance between two points.

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