Finding Unit Price

Unit Price: Price per Item

Measure or Count of Items

• Allows shoppers to compare the prices of items quickly and easily

Genuardi’s Paper Plates

Unit Price = $2

50 plates

= $0.40 per plate

Cereal

Unit Price = $2

9 oz.

= $0.22 per oz.

Unit Price = $2

13.75 oz

= $0.15 per oz.

For 9 oz.

For 13.75 oz.

Coffee

Unit Price =

Dannon water

32 pack for $4.99

How much per bottle?

If each bottle is 16.9 oz., how much per oz?

Canada Dry Ginger Ale

6 packs, 3 for $5

How much per can?

Deer Park Water

12 pack for $2.99

Each bottle is 12 oz.

How much per bottle?

How much per oz?

Tea Bags

Package of 100

2 boxes for $5

How much per tea bag?

Coke

2 liter bottles; 4 for $5

How much per liter?

How much per bottle?

Gatorade

8 pack for $5.99

16 oz or 20 oz bottles

How much per bottle?

How much per oz (for each size)?

Ruffles Potato Chips

2 bags for $6

16.5 or 20 oz.

How much per oz for each size bag?

Breyers Ice Cream

Buy one get one free

$5.79 each

1.75 qt. Containers

How much per qt?

Oranges 4 lb. Bag $2.99Unit Price?

M & M’s14 oz. Bag for $2.69Unit Price?

Safeway Select Detergent300 oz.$10.99What is the Unit Price?

Wisk Laundry Detergent100 oz.$4.99What is the Unit Price?

•“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

Dixie plates$2.4924 countUnit Price (per plate)?

Hefty plates2 for $4.0050 count (each pkg.)Unit Price (per plate)?

Cheerios 3 for $613.75 oz. boxesUnit Price (per oz.)?

Cheerios3 for $7.0015 oz. boxesUnit Price (per oz.)?

Genuardi’sGatorade10 for $10 + 2 free32 oz. bottlesUnit Price (per oz.)?

Giant Food StoresGatorade8 pack for $5.9920 oz. bottlesUnit Price (per oz.)?

Genuardi’s sells 3 different sizes of mayonnaise as follows:

Small (10 oz.) for $2.33Normal size (15 oz.) for $2.67Big Container (22 oz.) for $3.24

Which one is the better buy?

Genuardi’s 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?

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?

Bounty: 8 rolls $5.99

Thirsty: 2 rolls $2.99

Aquafina: 24 pack$3.9916.9 oz. bottles

Deer Park: 12 pack$2.9912 oz. bottles