1. Unit Price: Price per Item Measure or Count of Items
Finding Unit Price
Unit Price: Price per Item
Measure or Count of Items
Allows shoppers to compare the prices of items quickly and easily

2. Acme
Paper Plates
Unit Price = $2
50 plates
= $0.04 per plate

3. Cereal
For
9 oz.
Unit Price = $2
9 oz.
= $0.22 per oz.
For
13.75 oz.
Unit Price = $2
13.75 oz
= $0.15 per oz.

4. Coffee
6.49
6.49 39
Unit Price =
AND
34.5

5. Shop Rite Supermarkets
Dannon water
32 pack for $4.99
How much per bottle?
If each bottle is 16.9 oz., how much per oz?

6. Canada Dry Ginger Ale
6 packs, 3 for $5
How much per can?

7. Giant Food Stores Deer Park Water 12 pack for $2.99
Each bottle is 12 oz.
How much per bottle?
How much per oz?

8. Giant Food Stores Tea Bags Package of 100 2 boxes for $5
How much per tea bag?

9. Coke
2 liter bottles; 4 for $5
How much per liter?
How much per bottle?

10. Gatorade
8 pack for $5.99
16 oz or 20 oz bottles
How much per bottle?
How much per oz (for each size)?

11. Ruffles Potato Chips
2 bags for $6
16.5 or 20 oz.
How much per oz for each size bag?

12. Breyers Ice Cream
Buy one get one free
$5.79 each
1.75 qt. Containers
How much per qt?

13. Oranges
4 lb. Bag
$2.99
Unit Price?

14. M & M’s
14 oz. Bag for $2.69
Unit Price?

15. What is the better buy? Safeway Select Detergent 300 oz.
$10.99
What is the Unit Price?
Wisk Laundry Detergent
100 oz.
$4.99
What is the Unit Price?
What is the better buy?

16. Comparison Shopping:
Finding the Better Buy
“Finding the Better Buy” is determining which size, store, or deal will give you the most product for your money
We use Unit Prices to compare product sizes to find the better buy
We also use Unit Prices to determine which store or deal will give us the better buy

17. Which is the better buy? Dixie plates $2.49 24 count
Unit Price (per plate)?
Hefty plates
2 for $4.00
50 count (each pkg.)
Unit Price (per plate)?
Which is the better buy?

18. Acme Giant Food Stores Which is the better buy? Cheerios 3 for $6
13.75 oz. boxes
Unit Price (per oz.)?
Giant Food
Stores
Cheerios
3 for $7.00
15 oz. boxes
Unit Price (per oz.)?
Which is the better buy?

19. Which is the better buy? Acme Gatorade 10 for $10 + 2 free
32 oz. bottles
Unit Price (per oz.)?
Giant Food Stores
Gatorade
8 pack for $5.99
20 oz. bottles
Unit Price (per oz.)?
Which is the better buy?

20. Acme sells 3 different sizes of mayonnaise as follows:
Small (10 oz.) for $2.33
Normal size (15 oz.) for $2.67
Big Container (22 oz.) for $3.24
Which one is the better buy?

21. Acme has these paper towels on sale, 8 rolls for $5.99.
However they also sell another larger package, 24 rolls for $16.99.
You want to buy these since they are on sale, but which is actually the better buy?

22. Bounty: 8 rolls
$5.99
Thirsty: 2 rolls
$2.99
Now you want to compare these two brands, which are both on sale. You have determined that you want 8 rolls of paper towels. Which brand will you buy?

23. Aquafina:
24 pack
$3.99
16.9 oz. bottles
Deer Park:
12 pack
$2.99
12 oz. bottles