Social Media

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is themed around social media activities and is designed to help students calculate unit rates related to various online interactions. The problems set scenarios where students must figure out how many photos are posted per day on Instagram, the rate of receiving likes on Facebook, the number of YouTube videos watched per day, and the rate of sending Snapchat messages per hour. Additional tasks include determining the rate of tweeting per day, gaining followers on TikTok per day, the time spent on Instagram per day, the rate of uploading videos to YouTube, the number of retweets per hour on Twitter, and the rate of sending direct messages on Instagram per day.

The worksheet teaches students how to calculate unit rates, which is a fundamental concept in understanding ratios and proportional relationships. It applies this mathematical concept to the familiar context of social media, making the learning process relatable and engaging. By solving these problems, students practice dividing total quantities by time to find the average rate of an activity, enhancing their numerical literacy and problem-solving skills. The aim is to strengthen students’ ability to analyze real-world scenarios mathematically and to calculate efficiently, skills that are increasingly useful in our data-driven world.

Example Problems

1. Sarah posted 24 photos on Instagram in 3 days. Calculate Sarah’s unit rate of posting photos per day.

2. James received 60 likes on his Facebook post in 4 hours. Determine James’s unit rate of likes per hour.

3. Emma watched 30 YouTube videos in 5 days. Find Emma’s unit rate of video watching per day.

4. Alex sent 45 Snapchat messages in 3 hours. Calculate Alex’s unit rate of sending messages per hour.

5. Olivia tweeted 120 times in 6 days. Determine Olivia’s unit rate of tweeting per day.

6. Luke received 150 followers on TikTok in 10 days. Calculate Luke’s unit rate of gaining followers per day.

7. Ava spent 75 minutes on Instagram in 5 days. Find Ava’s unit rate of time spent per day.