Unit Rates and Fairness in Housing Quiz

What does a unit rate compare?

What is the formula for finding cost per square foot?

If a home costs $180,000 and has 1,200 square feet, what is the cost per square foot?

Which neighborhood in the lesson had the most affordable housing?

Why is it fairer to compare homes by cost per square foot instead of total cost?

A house costs $150,000 and has 1,000 square feet. What is the cost per square foot?

If one home costs $100 per square foot and another costs $150 per square foot, which is more affordable?

How can math help us talk about fairness in housing?

In your own words:
How does finding the unit rate help us make fair comparisons between homes of different sizes?

Think about fairness:
If one neighborhood’s homes cost much more per square foot than another’s, what could communities or leaders do to make housing more fair and affordable?