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How much for one?: 6th grade math

Unit rate. A free 6th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: unit rate.

Teach (10 min)

  • A unit rate tells how much for 1 of something. Divide to find it.
  • 36 miles in 4 hours is 36 ÷ 4 = 9 miles in 1 hour. That is 9 miles per hour.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/ratio6.unitRate?lesson=6-ratio6-unitRate-1&at=6

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Three questions on a slip:
  • 1. A hiker walks 18 kilometers in 3 hours. How many kilometers is that for 1 hour?
  • 2. A typist types 18 words in 3 minutes. How many words is that for 1 minute?
  • 3. A runner runs 16 meters in 2 seconds. How many meters is that for 1 second?

Question set

10 questions that read in words, easiest first. Questions that need a picture are on the printable sheet below.

  1. A hiker walks 18 kilometers in 3 hours. How many kilometers is that for 1 hour?
  2. A typist types 18 words in 3 minutes. How many words is that for 1 minute?
  3. A runner runs 16 meters in 2 seconds. How many meters is that for 1 second?
  4. A runner runs 4 meters in 2 seconds. How many meters is that for 1 second?
  5. A farm stand sells 20 pumpkins in 5 days. How many pumpkins is that for 1 day?
  6. A runner runs 24 meters in 3 seconds. How many meters is that for 1 second?
  7. A baker bakes 24 cookies on 4 trays. How many cookies is that for 1 tray?
  8. A train travels 18 miles in 3 hours. How many miles is that for 1 hour?
  9. A baker bakes 72 cookies on 6 trays. How many cookies is that for 1 tray?
  10. A cyclist rides 50 miles in 5 hours. How many miles is that for 1 hour?
Answers
  1. 6 kilometers
  2. 6 words
  3. 8 meters
  4. 2 meters
  5. 4 pumpkins
  6. 8 meters
  7. 6 cookies
  8. 6 miles
  9. 12 cookies
  10. 10 miles

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

How much for one? (6th grade)

  1. A worker earns $24 in 3 hours. How many dollars is that for 1 hour?
  2. A typist types 21 words in 3 minutes. How many words is that for 1 minute?
  3. A printer prints 35 pages in 5 minutes. How many pages is that for 1 minute?
  4. A baker bakes 20 cookies on 5 trays. How many cookies is that for 1 tray?
  5. A hiker walks 45 kilometers in 5 hours. How many kilometers is that for 1 hour?
  6. A printer prints 76 pages in 4 minutes. How many pages is that for 1 minute?
  7. A train travels 105 miles in 7 hours. How many miles is that for 1 hour?
  8. A printer prints 36 pages in 6 minutes. How many pages is that for 1 minute?
  9. A runner runs 162 meters in 9 seconds. How many meters is that for 1 second?
  10. A printer prints 136 pages in 8 minutes. How many pages is that for 1 minute?
  11. A baker bakes 12 cookies on 5 trays. How many cookies is that for 1 tray?
  12. A farm stand sells 14 pumpkins in 8 days. How many pumpkins is that for 1 day?
Key
  1. $8.00
  2. 7 words
  3. 7 pages
  4. 4 cookies
  5. 9 kilometers
  6. 19 pages
  7. 15 miles
  8. 6 pages
  9. 18 meters
  10. 17 pages
  11. 2.4 cookies
  12. 1.75 pumpkins

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