The formula for finding a unit rate for any two quantities say a and b can be given as,: Unit Rate = Quantity of Interest ÷ Number of Units = a b where Quantity of Interest or a: The quantity or amount you want to find the rate for. Number of Units or b: The number of units or items associated with the quantity of interest.

A rate is a ratio comparing quantities of different items. A unit rate is a rate with 1 in the denominator. If you have a rate, such as price per some number of items, and the quantity in the denominator is not 1, you can calculate unit rate or price per unit by completing the division operation: numerator divided by denominator.

Unit Rate is a ratio of two different measurements where the 2nd measurement is 1. In “Kid Language” it’s the amount (cost, miles, # of objects, etc) for 1 (1 item, 1 mile, 1 hour, 1 ounce, etc). Example: Rate of 180 miles in 3 hours = To turn this into a unit rate, we need the denominator to be 1.