Unit Price: Price per Item

Measure or Count of Items

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

Genuardi’s Unit Price

Paper

Plates

Cereal

Coffee

Unit Price = $2

50 plates

= $0.40 per plateUnit 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.

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 to 20 oz bottles

How much per bottle?

How much per oz (for each size)?

Ruffles Potato Chips

2 bags for $6

16.5 to 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

$2.99

Unit Price?

M & M’s

14 oz. Bag for $2.69

Unit Price?

Safeway Select Detergent

300 oz.

$10.99

What is the Unit Price?

Wisk Laundry Detergent

100 oz.

$4.99

What 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

$2.49

24 count

Unit Price (per plate)?

Hefty plates

2 for $4.00

50 count (each pkg.)

Unit Price (per plate)?

Cheerios

3 for $6

13.75 oz. boxes

Unit Price (per oz.)?

Cheerios

3 for $7.00

15 oz. boxes

Unit Price (per oz.)?

Genuardi’s

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.)?

Genuardi’s 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?

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

$3.99

16.9 oz. bottles

Deer Park:

12 pack

$2.99

12 oz. bottles