The Grocery Store Challenge: How to Use Unit Rates to Solve Word Problems
A unit rate compares a quantity to one unit of another, which is what makes prices comparable across different package sizes. Divide the total by the number of units and compare. The examples below work through grocery comparisons, with practice problems and answers.
How to Find Unit Rates and Rates?
Understanding unit rates and rates is one of the most practical skills in Algebra 1: they appear in speed, price comparisons, wage calculations, and almost every real-world problem involving two different quantities. A rate compares two quantities with different units, and a unit rate simplifies that comparison to a “per one” amount, making it easy […]