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How Do You Convert a Rate To A Unit Rate? Instructional VideoHow Do You Convert a Rate To A Unit Rate? Instructional Video
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How Do You Convert a Rate To A Unit Rate?

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What is unit rate? How is a ratio converted to unit rate? Really, it's just about getting the denominator of a ratio to be 1. When the denominator is 1, the ratio is a unit rate. Check out this video as the instructor illustrates a few examples.

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6th - 8th
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Math
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4:26
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