What is the definition of a unit rate?

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When rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 2 feet per second or 5 miles per hour, they are called unit rates. If you have a multiple-unit rate such as 120 students for every 3 buses, and want to find the single-unit rate, write a ratio equal to the multiple-unit rate with 1 as the second term.

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$\textsf{Hey there!}$

$\textsf{Put these numbers in order from GREATEST to LEAST}$

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$\star\textsf{ We know that fractions, decimals, negatives are BELOW 0 (on the left}$ $\textsf{of 0)}$

$\star\textsf{ \& we also know that positives and real numbers is/are ABOVE 0 (to the right}$ $\textsf{of 0)}$

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