LET’S TRY ONE
6 notebooks cost $18. What is the cost of one?
$3
$18 ÷ 6 = $3 per notebook.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Divide a total price by an equal number of items.
- A unit rate describes one item, not the whole bundle.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.
A unit rate describes one item, not the whole bundle.