Metropolitan Middle School has 564 students and 24 teachers. Eastern Middle School has 623 students and 28 teachers. Which school has the lower unit rate of students per teacher?
1 Answer
Dec 9, 2016
Eastern Middle School
Explanation:
The final desired answer has the form of ratios – students/teacher. We set up the same ratio for each class, and then compare the two values.
Direct method: 564/24 = 22.56 students/teacher 623/28 = 22.25 students/teacher
Fractional method:
and
In each case we obtain the same conclusion that the Eastern Middle School has a very slight lower unit rate.