Question

What should the following rate be divided by to convert it to a unit rate?

6 inches
________
12 hours

Answer 1

Unit rate is a rate that has 1 as denominator.

Given the rate: 6 inches / 12 hours, we have to divide numerator and denominator by 12 to transform the denominator in 1, as follows:

\frac{6}{12} = \frac{6/12}{12/12} =

12

6

=

12/12

6/12

= 0.5 inches/hour