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Unit Rate: How Fast Is Your Bot?

Move the sliders. Watch the bot go.

⚡ INTERACTIVE — MOVE THE SLIDERS

Distance 100 cm

Time 4 sec

Slow

Fast

100 ÷ 4 = 25 cm/sec

UNIT RATE

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90 cm

90 cm

Your bot traveled 90 cm

It took 3 seconds

90 ÷ 3 = 30

90 ÷ 3 = 30

30 cm/sec

UNIT RATE

30 cm per second is the unit rate

30

cm

per

1

second

Unit rate = how much per ONE unit

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Distance

150 cm

Time

5 sec

What is the unit rate?

cm/sec