What’s on the Unit Rate poster
The rule, 4 worked examples.
- A unit rate tells you the amount for exactly one of something. Divide the first quant…
- unit rate = total ÷ number of units
- £6 for 3 kg = £2 per kg
- 180 km in 3 hours = 60 km/h
- £4.50 for 6 rolls = 75p each
- Which is better: £6/3kg or £9/5kg? = £1.80/kg wins
'Per' always means divide. Miles per hour, price per kilo, words per minute.
Questions about the Unit Rate poster
- What’s on the Unit Rate poster?
- The rule, 4 worked examples. A unit rate tells you the amount for exactly one of something. Divide the first quant…; unit rate = total ÷ number of units; £6 for 3 kg = £2 per kg; 180 km in 3 hours = 60 km/h; £4.50 for 6 rolls = 75p each; Which is better: £6/3kg or £9/5kg? = £1.80/kg wins. 'Per' always means divide. Miles per hour, price per kilo, words per minute.
- Who is the Unit Rate poster for?
- Unit Rate is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Unit Rate poster?
- In a shop, divide price by quantity. The smaller answer is the better deal. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Unit Rate belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Unit Rate?
- Converting Units with Rates, Absolute Value and Adding Integers sit alongside Unit Rate in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Converting Units with RatesAbsolute ValueAdding Integers
- Is the Unit Rate poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Unit Rate downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Unit Rate poster print at?
- Unit Rate is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Unit Rate loses nothing.Printing guide
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