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Swim Team Pace Plans

Find swimming speeds and unit prices, compare practice options, and use rates to plan swim sets and pool costs.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.RP.A.3.b

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students calculate swimming rates and use them to find lap counts, distances, and times.
Students find and compare unit prices for swim practices and lane rentals.
Students use unit rates to solve multistep practice-planning problems.

How to use

Have students show calculations on separate paper and label each rate with its units. Discuss how units help determine when to multiply or divide.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.RP.A.3.b

Solve unit rate problems, including unit prices and constant speed.

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Swim Team Pace Plans

Use unit rates to plan laps, practice time, and pool costs.

Laps and Swimming Time

On this worksheet, one lap means one 25-meter length of the pool. Assume each swimmer keeps a constant speed within each swim set. Swimming times do not include rest.

Amara swims 16 laps in 8 minutes. What is her rate in laps per minute?

laps per minute

Eli swims 18 laps in 12 minutes. How many minutes does he take per lap?

minute per lap

Sofia swims at 1.5 laps per minute. Which calculation finds how many laps she swims in 10 minutes?