Question

Kaden is working on a glass mosaic in art class and is only using rectangular pieces in the project. For each piece of glass, Kaden wants the width to length ratio to be

1 ¼ INCHES : 2 ½. What is the unit rate? All answers may be wrong

Answer 1

First convert to fractions: 1 1/4 = 5/4 and 2 1/2 = 5/2.
Width per 1 unit length = (5/4) ÷ (5/2) = (5/4)×(2/5) = 1/2.

Unit rate = 1/2 inch of width per 1 inch of length (equivalently the ratio simplifies to 1:2).