Rate with a Base About six tenths of one percent, or 0.60%, of HUD's 2022 budget is for removing health hazards such as lead pipes.6 That's a little more than half of one percent. To better communicate small proportions like this, we often use a rate with a base. Convert HUD's 0.60% health hazard budget request into a rate with a base as follows.

50. Choose a base and write a sentence identifying the base that you choose: "I chose the base ___". 51. Show your calculation converting the health hazard budget request rate to a rate with a base. 52. Write a complete sentence interpreting the result.

You do not need additional information about HUD to complete these questions.