Students will learn how to identify unit rates in tables (video), graphs (video), equations (video), and word problems (video). Students should be shown two ways of identifying unit rates in tables. The first way is to plot the points, finding the unit rate graphically. The second way is to find the unit rate by arithmetic.
Next, give your students these challenges:
- 2019 Math Kangaroo Levels 7-8 Problem #27 by STEM4all
- Add 3 Dice by NRICH
How many corners does a 10-dimensional cube have (source)?
Conclude by leading this investigation:
Hex (strategy game)
by MathPickle
7.RP.A.2.b: Identify the constant of proportionality (unit rate) in tables, graphs, equations, diagrams, and verbal descriptions of proportional relationships.