Some students prepare 3 different snacks. they make 1/8 pound bags of nut mix,1/4 pound bags of cherries, and 1/6 pound bags of dried fruit. if they buy 3 pounds on nuts mix,5 pounds of cherries, and 4 pounds of dried fruit, how many of each type of snack bag will they be able to make?

You just divide the pounds wanted by the weight they originally are.
3 divided by 1/8 =24 bags of nut mix
5 divided by 1/4= 20 bags of cherries
4 divided by 1/6= 24 bags of dried fruit.

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.