Comparing Unit Rates

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Title	Comparing Unit Rates
Description	Students use rates to compare prices by identifying multiplicative relationships. They calculate unit rates and use the term unit rate. They use unit rates to solve problems involving proportional relationships in the context of fruit and vegetable prices. This lesson is aligned to the GoMath curriculum but can be used on any classroom discovering unit rates for the first time.
Subject	Mathematics
Level	Middle School
Type	Guided Activity
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	proportional relationships, rates, ratios, unit rates
Simulation(s)	Unit Rates (HTML5)

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Author(s)	Ian Whitacre, Sebnem Tekin
Contact Email	amanda.mcgarry@colorado.edu
School / Organization	PhET
Date submitted	12/13/17
Date updated	12/13/17