Chapter 1.3 Converting Unit Rates

Good Evening Girls and Boys,

This lesson is about CONVERTING UNITS as the title states.  We are familiar with equal units such as: 12 inches = 1 foot, 60 seconds- 1 minute,  24 hours = 1 day, and so on..... We will be using these unit ratios in this lesson.  This can be a tough lesson that you will need extra practice with, so be prepared to dig in.

Your vocabulary terms for this lesson are UNIT RATIO and Dimensional Analysis.  We have talked about unit rate where the denominator is 1, well, Unit Ratio is having a denominator of 1 with equal units for the numerator- EX: 12 inches/1 foot; 60 seconds/1 minute; 24 hours/1 day...... catching onto the pattern???? Ratio is like a fraction with labels(units) and a Unit Ratio is a ratio with a decimator of 1 unit.  Dimensional Analysis is where you use these Unit Ratios to actually convert one unit to another unit. Ex: going from miles per hours to feet/hour.  Pay close attention to the details as this lesson is dense.

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Homework: Read the blog, watch the videos, take notes in your GO and complete your vocabulary for lesson 3.
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As always in MATH,
Mrs M