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Warm Up

Solve each problem.

1. A recipe calls for 4 cups of walnuts for every 2 cups of
oats. How many cups of walnuts are needed for each cup of
oats?
2. A train traveling at a constant rate covered a total
distance of 385 miles in 3.5 hours. What is the train's speed
in miles per hour?
3. A recent survey at a book store showed that on average,
their customers read 18 books every year. How many books
does the average customer read each month?

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Warm Up

Solve each problem.

1. A recipe calls for 4 cups of walnuts for every 2 cups of
oats. How many cups of walnuts are needed for each cup of
oats? 2 cups
2. A train traveling at a constant rate covered a total distance
of 385 miles in 3.5 hours. What is the train's speed in miles
per hour? 110 miles per hour
3. A recent survey at a book store showed that on average,
their customers read 18 books every year. How many books
does the average customer read each month? 1.5 books
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Standards for Mathematical Content

[Link].A.2
Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a
ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of
a ratio relationship.
[Link].A.3
Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and
mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of
equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line
diagrams, or equations.

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Standards for Mathematical Content

[Link].A.3.B
Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit
pricing and constant speed.

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Standards for Mathematical Practice

MP1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

MP2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

MP3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of
others.

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Standards for Mathematical Practice

MP4
Model with mathematics.

MP5
Use appropriate tools strategically.

MP6
Attend to precision.

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Lesson Goal

Students will solve real-world problems involving rates.

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Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Destiny drove 220 miles in 4 hours. Santiago drove 248 miles

in 4 hours. At these rates, how many more miles can Santiago
drive in 9 hours than Destiny? You can create bar diagrams to
solve this rate problem.

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Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Step 1 Construct bar diagrams to represent the rates.

Draw two bars. Each bar represents the number of miles each
person drove in 4 hours. Because each person drove 4 hours, divide
each bar into 4 equal-size sections. Each section represents 1 hour.

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Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Step 2 Find the unit rates.

Divide the total number of miles each person drove by the number of
sections in the diagram to find the unit rate, the number of miles they
drove per hour.

The unit rate is 55 miles per hour. The unit rate is 62 miles per hour.
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Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Destiny’s unit rate is 55 miles per hour.

Santiago’s unit rate is 62 miles per hour.
Each hour, Santiago can drive 62 − 55, or 7 miles more than Destiny.
In 9 hours, Santiago can drive 9 7, or 63 miles more than Destiny.

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Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Talk About It!

Can you solve this rate problem another way? Explain.

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Example 1
Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

A warehouse sells 15-ounce cans of tomato sauce by the case.

Each case contains 6 cans and sells for a price of $9.96. At a local
grocery store, three 15-ounce cans of the same brand of tomato
sauce are on sale for $5.67. A caterer needs to buy 36 cans.
How much will the caterer save by buying 36 cans from the
warehouse instead of from the grocery store?

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Think About It!

Why do you need to know the sizes of the cans? Do you need to
use that number when solving the problem?

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Example 1
Use Bar Diagrams to Solve Rate Problems

Step 1 Construct bar diagrams to represent each situation.

Draw two bars, one to represent the cost of tomato sauce cans at
the warehouse, and one to represent the cost of tomato sauce cans
at the grocery store. Each section represents one can.

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Step 2 Find the unit prices.

Divide the total price for each by the number of cans to find the unit
price, the price per can.

The unit price is $1.66 per can. The unit price is $1.89 per can.
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Example 1
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The caterer will save $1.89 − $1.66, or $0.23 per can by buying
from the warehouse instead of the grocery store. To buy 36 cans
from the warehouse instead of the grocery store, the caterer will
save 36 $0.23, or $8.28.

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Talk About It!

How can you use estimation to help you solve this problem if you
are in a store and do not have access to pencil, paper, or a
calculator?

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Example 1
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Check
Miranda typed 325 words in 5 minutes, while Joseph
typed 295 words in 5 minutes. At these rates, how many
more words can Miranda type in 9 minutes than Joseph?

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Check
Miranda typed 325 words in 5 minutes, while Joseph
typed 295 words in 5 minutes. At these rates, how many
more words can Miranda type in 9 minutes than Joseph?

54 words

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Learn
Use Double Number Lines and Equivalent
Rates to Solve Rate Problems
A veterinarian measured the number of heartbeats of her dog and
cat for 4 minutes and recorded the results in the table. At these
rates, how many more times does the cat’s heart beat in 6 minutes
than the dog?

Animal Heartbeats
Dog 360
Cat 520

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Use Double Number Lines and Equivalent
Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Method 1 Use a double number line.
Step 1 Construct a double number line.

In four minutes, the cat’s heart beats

520 – 360, or 160 more times than the
dog’s heart. Draw a double number line
to represent this difference.

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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Step 2 Use scaling to find the unit rate.
Scale back to find the difference in
heartbeats for 1 minute. Then scale
forward to find the difference in
heartbeats for 6 minutes.
The cat’s heart beats 240 more times
in 6 minutes than the dog’s heart.

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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Method 2 Use equivalent rates.
Write and solve an equation. Let d represent the
difference in heartbeats for 6 minutes. The
difference in heartbeats for 4 minutes is 160 beats.

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Rates to Solve Rate Problems

So, using either method, the cat’s heart beats 240 more times in
6 minutes than the dog’s heart.
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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Talk About It!
A classmate stated that you can also find each animal’s unit rate in
heartbeats per minute first. Then multiply each unit rate by 6 minutes
to determine the number of heartbeats in 6 minutes for each animal.
Finally, subtract to find the difference. Is this method a valid method?
Explain.

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Example 2
Use Double Number Lines and Equivalent
Rates to Solve Rate Problems
A bulk food store sells a 12-pound bag of Red Delicious apples for
$18.
At this rate, what is the price of a 15-pound bag of apples?

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Example 2
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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Think About It!
Will the price of a 15-pound bag be less than twice as much as the
price for a 12-pound bag? Why or why not?

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Example 2
Use Double Number Lines and Equivalent
Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Method 1 Use a double number line.

Step 1 Construct a double number line.

Draw a double number line to represent
the price of a 12-pound bag. Mark equal
increments on the bottom number line.

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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Step 2 Use scaling to find an equivalent rate.
Scale back to find the price for a 3-pound
bag. Then scale forward to find the price
for a 15-pound bag.
At this rate, the price of a 15-pound bag of
apples is $22.50.

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 Example 2
Use Double Number Lines and Equivalent
Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Method 2 Use equivalent rates.
Write and solve an equation.
Let p represent the price of the
15-pound bag.

So, using either method, the price

of a 15-pound bag is $22.50.

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Example 2
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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Talk About It!
The average weight of a Red Delicious apple is about 5 ounces.
About how many apples would you expect to be in a 15-pound bag?
Explain.

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Example 2
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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Check
The manager of a small bakery determines that an average of
264 loaves of cinnamon raisin bread are sold every 12 weeks.
At this rate, about how many loaves of cinnamon raisin bread
are sold every 5 weeks?

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Example 2
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Rates to Solve Rate Problems
Check
The manager of a small bakery determines that an average of
264 loaves of cinnamon raisin bread are sold every 12 weeks.
At this rate, about how many loaves of cinnamon raisin bread
are sold every 5 weeks?

about 110 loaves

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Apply
Bike-a-thon

Keshia can ride her bike 15 miles in 90

minutes. She wants to ride in a bike-a-thon
that consists of two trail options, a 56-mile
trail or a 36-mile trail. At her current rate,
how many more hours will it take her to ride
56 miles than 36 miles? If she wants to ride
for about 4 hours, which trail should she
choose?

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Bike-a-thon

Talk About It!

If Keshia raises $1.50 for each mile she rides, how much more
money would she raise if she chose the 56-mile trail than the 36-mile
trail? Explain.

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Bike-a-thon

Check
Martin can run 6 miles in 60 minutes. He wants to run in either one of
two upcoming races, a 4-mile race or a 12-mile race. At his current
rate, how much longer will it take him to run the 12-mile race than the
4-mile race?

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Bike-a-thon

Check
Martin can run 6 miles in 60 minutes. He wants to run in either one of
two upcoming races, a 4-mile race or a 12-mile race. At his current
rate, how much longer will it take him to run the 12-mile race than the
4-mile race?

80 min, or 1 hour and 20 minutes

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Pause and Reflect

What are some problems or situations in which you may have

encountered rates, such as a unit price or rate of travel, in your
everyday life? How can you use your understanding of ratios and
rates to solve everyday problems like these?

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Exit Ticket

The Morgan family went to the local arcade. Mr. Morgan bought three
packages of tokens for his children for $14.95. Later in the day, he
decided to buy more token packages. Mr. Morgan needed to know
the price of one package, or the unit price, before deciding how many
more packages to buy.

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Exit Ticket

What is the price of one package? How much would he spend if he

bought 5 more packages? Write a mathematical argument that can
be used to defend your solution.

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Exit Ticket

The Morgan family went to the local arcade. Mr. Morgan bought three
packages of tokens for his children for $14.95. Later in the day, he
decided to buy more token packages. Mr. Morgan needed to know
the price of one package, or the unit price, before deciding how many
more packages to buy.

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Exit Ticket

What is the price of one package? How much would he spend if he

bought 5 more packages? Write a mathematical argument that can
be used to defend your solution.
$4.98; $24.90; Sample answer: Three packages of tokens cost
$14.95. To find the cost of one package, I used the equivalent ratio .
Since , one package costs $14.95 3 or about $4.98. To find the cost
of five packages, I used the equivalent ratio . Since , five packages
cost $4.98 5 or about $24.90.

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