Find each unit rate. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
1. $3.99 for 16 ounces 2. 730 miles in 14 hours
3. $28 for 15 goldfish 4. 234 Calories in 3 servings
5. Which is the better unit price: $1.99 for a 3-ounce bottle or $2.49
for a 4-ounce bottle?
6. Cassandra leaves college to go home for the summer. She lives
424 miles away and arrives in 8 hours. Which ratio shows her
rate of travel in simplest form?
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
ANSWERS
1. $0.25 per ounce
2. 52.14 miles per hour
3. $1.87 per goldfish
4. 78 Calories per serving
5. $2.49 for a 4-ounce bottle
6. 53:1
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
HOW can you show that
two objects are proportional?
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
•To simplify a complex fraction
•To find unit rates
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
•complex fraction
1 3 11
2 2
1
2 2 1
4
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Step-by-Step Example
1. Simplify .
1 Recall that a fraction can also be written as a division problem.
2 Write the complex fraction as a division problem.
3 Multiply by the reciprocal of 2, which is .
4 Simplify.
5 So, is equal to .
Need Another Example?
Need Another Example?
Answer
Step-by-Step Example
2.
1 Write the fraction as a division problem.
2 Write the complex fraction as a division problem.
3 Multiply by the reciprocal of , which is .
4 Simplify.
5 So, is equal to 2.
Need Another Example?
Need Another Example?
Answer 20
Step-by-Step Example
3. Josiah can jog 1 miles in hour. Find his average
speed in miles per hour.
1 Write a rate that compares the number of miles to hours.
2 Write the complex fraction as a division problem.
3 Write the mixed number as an improper fraction.
4
Multiply by the reciprocal of , which is .
5 Simplify.
6 So, Josiah jogs at an average speed of 5 miles per hour.
Need Another Example?
Need Another Example?
Marcus has a bag of cat food that contains
22 cups. If he feeds his cats a total of
cup of food per day, how many days will the bag
last?
Answer 30 days
Step-by-Step Example
4. Tia is painting her house. She paints 34 square
feet in hour. At this rate, how many square feet
can she paint each hour?
1 Write a ratio that compares the amount of square feet to hours.
2 Write the complex fraction as a division problem.
3 Write the mixed number as an improper fraction.
4 Multiply by the reciprocal of , which is .
5 Simplify.
6 So, Tia can paint 46 square feet per hour.
Need Another Example?
Need Another Example?
A construction worker is blacktopping a
driveway. She blacktops 35 square yards
in hour. How many square yards can she
blacktop per hour?
Answer 42 square yards per hour
Step-by-Step Example
5. On Javier's soccer team, about 33 % of the
players have scored a goal. Write 33 %
as a fraction in simplest form.
1 Definition of percent
2 Write the complex fraction as a division problem.
Write 33 as an improper fraction.
3
1
4 Multiply by the reciprocal of 100, which is .
1
5 Simplify.
6 So, about of Javier's team has scored a goal.
Need Another Example?
Need Another Example?
Write 6 % as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
How did what you learned
today help you answer the
HOW can you show that
two objects are proportional?
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
How did what you learned
today help you answer the
HOW can you show that
two objects are proportional?
Sample answers:
• By simplifying a complex fraction to find a unit rate
• By writing a percent as a rate per 100
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
Ratios and Proportional
Relationships
8
Simplify 13 .
5
Course 2, Lesson 1-2
