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Which is the better buy?
Which is the better buy?
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Earn $145 in 25 hour
What is $5.80/hour
100
$10.00 for 4 m
What is 2.50 m
100

You need 3 cups of cheese for a recipe. Cheese comes in 1 cup bags and is $4.15 per bag. How much will you spend on cheese? 

What is $12.45

100
detergent: $1.99 for 32 fl oz or $2.49 for 50 fl oz
What is $2.49.
100
$2.69 for 12 oz or $3.19 for 16 oz
What is $3.19
200
write 11 pages in 2 hours
What is 5.5 pages/hour
200
Unit price of a $3.60 item consisting of 30 units?
What is $0.12.
200

Lettuce is $3 for a 10 ounce package. Your recipe calls for 13 ounces. How much will you spend at the store on lettuce? 

$6 because you have to buy 2 packages to have enough.


200
popcorn $1.69 for 15 oz or $2.99 for 30 oz
What is $2.99
200
socks $4.29 for 3 pairs or $10.79 for 8 pairs
What is $10.79
300
make 686 cars in 56 days
What is 12.25 cars/day
300
Unit price of a $14.32 item consisting of 3 uits?
What is $4.77
300

You need 7 eggs. Eggs are 4.50 per dozen. What is the serving cost for the eggs you will use?

What is $2.63

300
apples $1.89 for 3lb or $2.49 for 5 lb
What is $2.49
300
orange juice $1.49 for 12 oz or $1.79 for 16 oz
What is $1.79
400
score 98 points in 6 games
What is 16.3 points/game
400
Unit price of a $37.12 item consisting of 22 units?
What is $1.69.
400

A package of cinnamon rolls is $12.99 for a 6 count. You are splitting them with 4 of your friends. How much will you each pay and why? 

Answers will vary. The unit rate for the cinnamon rolls is $2.17 but split 5 ways is about $2.60. 

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bagles $0.89 for 4 or $1.39 for 6
What is $0.89
400
cloth $3.15 for 2 yd or $7.78 for 6 yd
What is $7.78
500
travel 1,200 m in 4 hours
What is 300 m/h
500
Price of a $16.46 item consisting of 31 units?
What is $0.53.
500

Canned tomatoes are $1.96 for 20 ounces. What is the unit rate? If your recipe calls for 3 cans of tomatoes, how much will your serving cost be? How much will your actual cost be? 

About $2 per can.

Serving cost and actual cost are both about $6.

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$1.25 for 4 or $5.69 for 25
What is $5.69
500
juice $2.15 for 48 fl oz or $2.89 for 64 fl oz
What is $2.15