In class today, we talked about unit rates (not a new concept, we learned about them earlier this year). These are things like miles per hour OR cost per ounce. Unit rates compare two things, with one of the things being reduced to one (ex: 60 mph is 60 miles in ONE hour). Below you will find a picture that not only shows how to set up the math division problem for finding miles per hour, but its reverse as well, hours per mile (comparing how much of an hour is used in ONE mile). The next picture will show how to use this information within a table to figure out if it isn't one hour, how much distance is covered (or the reverse-if it isn't one mile, how much time is taken). These concepts are not difficult, but they do take practice.
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September 2015
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