Name:
Using Rate Language
Solve each problem.
A n s w e r s
1) A recipe had 4 tablespoons of seasoning to 9 cups of flour. So there is ____ of a tablespoon
4
⁄
of seasoning for each cup of flour.
1.
9
2
⁄
2) A carpenter used 2 boxes of nails to build 5 bird houses. He used ____ of a box on each
2.
5
bird house.
9
3.
3) A toy company used 18 pints of plastic to make 2 action figures, which is a rate of ___
pints per figure.
2
⁄
4.
3
4) A movie theater went through 2 pounds of popcorn every 3 hours. They went through ____
6
of a pound every hour.
5.
6
5) A pencil company used 12 grams of rubber to make 2 pencils, which is a rate of ___ grams
⁄
6.
7
per pencil.
9
7.
6) An experienced carpenter could build a house in 7 days. How much would he have
finished if he worked for 6 days?
6
8.
7) A carpenter installed 63 sheets of drywall in 7 minutes. What is the rate per minute?
5
9.
8) A computer programmer worked for 7 hours and earned $42, which is a rate of $___ per
5
⁄
10.
6
hour.
2
11.
9) During the lunch rush a fast food joint sold 6 sodas and earned $30, which is a rate of ___
dollars per soda.
6
⁄
12.
9
10) A gardener used 5 kilograms of fertilizer over the course of 6 weeks. How much fertilizer
did they use each week?
5
13.
11) It took a pet store 4 weeks to sell 8 cats. What is the rate sold per week?
8
⁄
14.
10
5
⁄
15.
12) Paige earned 6 points for every 9 books she read. So if she read only 1 book she would
6
have earned ____ of a point.
13) A printer took 8 minutes to print 40 pages. What is the rate of pages per minute?
14) A baker used 8 cups of flour to make 10 batches of brownies. He used ____ of a cup of
flour to make 1 batch of brownies.
15) A scientist used 5 gallons of liquid for every 6 hours he works. He uses ____ of a gallon
each hour he works.
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Math
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