Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Human Space Exploration, Mathematics, Present and Future
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
This standards-aligned exercise helps students learn about the time it takes to get to the Moon at various speeds.
With this exercise, students will:
- Practice writing rates in a/b form and using rate language in the context of a ratio relationship.
- Convert rates using different units of time.
- Use ratio/rate reasoning to calculate the time it would take to get to the Moon at various speeds.
Common Core: 6.RP.A.2, 6.RP.A.3
Launch Into Math – Exercise 1: Ratios, Rates and Units
Launch Into Math – Exercise 1: Ratios, Rates and Units – Solutions
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