Being Healthy

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is titled “Being Healthy” and presents a collection of unit rate word problems related to health and fitness. The problems require students to calculate various unit rates, such as a jogger’s running speed in miles per hour, a person’s water consumption in liters per hour, a hospital’s medication administration rate, and calories burned per minute during a workout. Other scenarios include calculating the daily intake rate of fiber and protein, the hourly rate of weightlifting, the rate of calorie burning during cycling, appointment scheduling in a doctor’s office, and flu shot administration per hour.

The worksheet teaches students how to calculate unit rates, which are a measure of a quantity per one unit of another quantity, such as time. In these health-themed scenarios, students practice dividing total quantities by the time taken to find the average rate at which an activity occurs. This concept is critical for understanding ratios and for making comparisons in various aspects of life, particularly in health and wellness. By solving these problems, students improve their division skills and apply mathematical reasoning to situations that relate to their own health and fitness, as well as to medical and nutritional guidelines.

Example Problems

1. A jogger runs 6 miles in 1 hour. Calculate the unit rate of running speed in miles per hour.

2. A person drinks 2 liters of water in 8 hours. Determine the unit rate of water consumption in liters per hour.

3. A hospital administers 60 doses of medication in 4 hours. Calculate the unit rate of medication administration in doses per hour.

4. A fitness enthusiast burned 400 calories in a 30-minute workout. Determine the unit rate of calorie burning in calories per minute.

5. A nutritionist recommends consuming 20 grams of fiber in a day. Calculate the unit rate of fiber intake in grams per day.

6. A weightlifter lifted a total of 5000 pounds of weights in 2 hours. Determine the unit rate of weightlifting in pounds per hour.

7. A cyclist burned 600 calories in a 45-minute ride. Calculate the unit rate of calorie burning in calories per minute.