Compare Unit Rates (Verbal Descriptions) Problems

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Compare unit rates (verbal descriptions)

Marlene is trying to decide which is the better buy for colored pens at the craft store. For Brand `G`, she would spend `$54` and get `12` pens. For Brand `H`, `16` pens would cost `$80`. What is the difference in price between the two brands, in dollars per pen? <highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight>

#2 of 8: Medium

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Vanessa visited a local candy store that sells homemade candies by the pound. She bought `2 1/2` pounds of jawbreakers for `$20`. She also bought `1 2/3` pounds of taffy for `$9`. What is the difference in the price, in dollars per pound, of the two kinds of candies?

#3 of 8: Medium

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Christopher and Michael are on a hike with their scout troop. Christopher hiked `1/2` mile in `10` minutes. Michael hiked `3/4` mile in `12` minutes. What was the difference in their walking speeds in miles per hour?<highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight>

#4 of 8: Medium

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On her sewing machine, Amy can embroider a pattern on the border of `3/4` yards of fabric in `2` minutes. Jake can embroider `5/8` yards of fabric with the same pattern in `5` minutes. What is the difference in the amount of fabric that Amy and Jake can embroider, in yards per hour?

#5 of 8: Medium

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Margo and Dave are taking a typing class as an elective. Margo can type `1/4` page of a document in `10` minutes, while it takes Dave `20` minutes to type `1/4` of a page. What is the difference in their typing speeds in pages per hour?<highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight>

#6 of 8: Spicy

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Jack and John are enjoying dessert after lunch in a local restaurant. Jack ate a serving of ice cream that weighed `90` grams and contained `216` calories. John ate an `80` grams serving of cheesecake that contained `260` calories. What is the difference between the number of calories per gram for Jack and John's desserts? <highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight>

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Lydia and Jane both like to read. During free-reading time in class yesterday, Lily read `12` pages of her book in `15` minutes minutes. Jane read `25` pages of her book in `20` minutes. What is the difference in the number of pages per minute by the two girls? <highlight data-color="#666" data-style="italic">Write your answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction/mixed number.</highlight>

#8 of 8: Spicy

Compare unit rates (verbal descriptions)

At the Tiny Kids Toy Factory, there are two manufacturing lines that are used to assemble one type of toy. The first line can assemble `20` toys in `7.5` minutes. The second line assembles `8` toys in `24` minutes. What is the difference in the rate at which the two lines assemble toys, in the number of toys per hour?

Compare unit rates verbal descriptions practice problem will help your students to master this concept well. In simple words, the quantity of any entity in each unit or per unit is known as Unit Rate. In order to compare the unit rates of different representations, we can use the concept of ‘equivalent rates’. Using the concept of equivalent rates, one can easily compare unit rates. The ratio between two different quantities where the denominator is 1 is referred to as ‘Unit Rate’. Share these interesti...

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