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Directions: Read each problem carefully!
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Frank N. Stein can create 6 web pages in 3 days. At this same rate, how many web pages can he create in 4 days? |
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At the Widget Factory, 10 identical machines can produce 780 widgets per minute. At this rate, how many widgets can 14 machines produce in 5 minutes? |
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In 2009, the Guinness Book of World Records, verified that an English Bulldog named Tillman was the fastest dog on a skateboard, achieving 100 meters in 19.678 seconds. What was Tillman's unit rate in meters per second?
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Tillman (Tilly) died in 2015 at the age of 10, after a life-long love of skateboarding, body-boarding and surfing. |
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A car averages 50 miles per hour. At this average rate, how far will the car travel in 15 minutes? |
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While hiking at a constant pace, Alan covers ¾ of a mile in ½ an hour.
a) What is Alan's unit rate in miles per hour? |
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b) If Alan continues at this constant pace for an additional 1½ hours, how much further will he have hiked? |
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c) If Alan continues at this constant pace, how long, in total, will it take him to walk 6 miles? |
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A tub of M&M minis contains 105 small candies. Juan can eat 3 candies every 4 seconds.
How many minutes will it take Juan to eat the entire tub of M&M candies? |
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The fastest land vehicle is the ThrustSSC (a British supersonic car) with a speed of 763 mph set in 1997. It is the first land vehicle to break the sound barrier. Assuming a constant top speed, how long, to the nearest tenth of a second, would it take this car to traverse the quarter mile test strip? |
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Josie walks ½ a mile each ¼ hour on her treadmill.
a) Compute this rate expressed as a complex fraction in miles per hour.
b) Compute the unit rate expressed in miles per hour.
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A board 48 inches long is cut into three pieces in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3.
a) Find the length of each of the three pieces.
b) How much longer is the longest piece that the shortest piece?
c) If it takes 4½ minutes to hammer 3 nails into each of the three board pieces, how long does it take to hammer 1 nail into one of the board pieces? (Assume the same amount of time is used to hammer each nail.)
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Amanda walks her neighbor's dogs each day for a total of 2¼ hours and is paid $9 for the day.
a) How much does she make per hour?
b) Next week, her neighbor can only afford to pay Amanda $56 for the week. Assuming she is paid at her normal rate, how many hours can she spend walking the dogs each day before she is doing so for free?
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Mandy the dog eats 5 dog treats in 3 days. At this rate, how many treats does Mandy eat in d days?
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