1.2 Determining the best buy

Which would be the best buy?

• a. 2500 nails for $8.75
• b. 1000 nails for $4.29
• c. 3000 nails for $12.50

Which would be the best buy?

• a. Swiss cheese at $1.99/100 g
• b. edam cheese at $6.99 for 500 g
• c. cheddar cheese at $4.99 for 540 g

Which would be the best buy?

• a. $6.00 for 12 cartons of juice, each 250 mL
• b. $11.00 for 6 cartons of juice, each 500 mL
• c. $15.00 for 2 cartons of juice, each 1.89 L

Which would be the best buy?

• a. 1 arcade game ticket for $1.99
• b. 12 ride tickets for $24.00
• c. 6 video tickets for $12.65

Which would be the best buy?

• a. 2 packages of beads for $7.00, each package contains 300 beads
• b. 250 beads for $3.25
• c. 3 packages of beads for $3.50, each package contains 110 beads

Which is the best unit price?

• a. $4.99 for 500 mL of paint
• b. $40.69 for 4 L of paint
• c. $7.98 for 1 L of paint

Which is the better unit price?

• a. 1 L of juice for $8.99
• b. four 250 mL bottles of juice for $8.99
• c. The unit prices are the same.

Which is the better unit price?

• a. chicken at $3.99/lb
• b. chicken at $7.89/kg
• c. The unit prices are the same.

Conrad needs to install ceiling tiles. They come in different sizes and quality. Which is the better unit price?

• a. Econo

• b. BP Celeste

• c. The unit prices are the same.

Jared and Karly both drove to the United States over the weekend. Jared filled his gas tank at the American border at $36.98 for 10.25 US gallons.Karly filled her gas tank at the Canadian border at $43.24 for 44 L. Who spent less money per unit of gasoline? Hint: 1 US gallon = 3.8 L

• a. Jared
• b. Karly
• c. The unit prices are the same.