Unit rates: how much for one

Answer Key - Grade 6 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

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1. 1.

   Kira's garden hose fills 12 buckets in 3 minutes. How many buckets does it fill per minute?

   4
2. 2.

   Luz reads 8 pages in 4 minutes at a steady pace, with no peeking at the ending. How many pages does Luz read in 1 minute?

   2
3. 3.

   Milo bikes 50 miles in 5 hours at a steady speed. How many miles per hour is that?

   10
4. 4.

   Pia buys 3 balloons for the school play for 18 dollars, all the same price. How many dollars does 1 balloon cost?

   6
5. 5.

   Tala's baking table shows 5 cakes with 15 cups of flour. The next row is ÷ 5. How many cups of flour go with 1 cake?

   3
6. 6.

   Ari pays 10 dollars for 2 tickets to a puppet show. Which sentence gives the unit rate per ticket?

   • $10 per ticket
   • $5 per ticket
   • 0.2 tickets per dollar
   • 5 tickets per dollar
7. 7.

   Bo puts 20 stickers on 5 cards, the same number on each. Which sentence gives the unit rate for 1 card?

   • 0.25 cards for each sticker
   • 4 stickers for each card
   • 4 cards for each sticker
   • 20 stickers for each card
8. 8.

   Esme reads 20 pages in 4 days, the same number each day. Which sentence gives the unit rate per day?

   • 5 days per page
   • 0.2 days per page
   • 20 pages per day
   • 5 pages per day
9. 9.

   Jun buys 2 pounds of grapes for 8 dollars. Which sentence gives the unit rate for 1 pound?

   • 0.25 pounds for each dollar
   • $8 for each pound
   • $4 for each pound
   • 4 pounds for each dollar
10. 10.

    Luz's printer prints 40 pages in 4 minutes at a steady speed. Which sentence gives the unit rate for 1 minute?

    • 10 pages for each minute
    • 10 minutes for each page
    • 40 pages for each minute
    • 0.1 minutes for each page