7-2 Ratios, Rates, and Unit

Rates
By: The Wonderful and
Fabulous Mr. G.
 Vocabulary
• Rate: a comparison of two quantities
that have different units.
• Ex. Ratio would be a rate would be
• read as 90 miles per 3 hours.
• Unit rate: rates in which the second
quantity is 1.
• Ex. The unit rate for would
be
 Vocabulary
• Unit price: is a unit rate used to
compare costs per item
• Ex. Mr. Clemmons buys hair gel in
bulk. It costs $4.99 for 3 bottles or
$15.49 for 10 bottles. Which is the
better buy??
 Practice
• The height of a bridge is 68 ft, and its
length is 348 ft. Find the ratio of its height
to its length in simplest form.
• or height : length

•
• Reduces to