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The unit rate is the rate for one unit of a given quantity.

Finding Unit Rate. The unit rate is the rate for one unit of a given quantity. Finding Unit Rate can save you money!. Unit Price: Price per Item Measure or Count of Items. Allows shoppers to compare the prices of items quickly and easily. Publix. Unit Price.

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The unit rate is the rate for one unit of a given quantity.

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  1. Finding Unit Rate The unit rate is the rate for one unit of a given quantity.

  2. Finding Unit Rate can save you money! Unit Price: Price per Item Measure or Count of Items • Allows shoppers to compare the prices of items quickly and easily

  3. Publix Unit Price Unit Price = $2 50 plates Paper Plates = $0.40 per plate Unit Price = $2 9 oz. = $0.22 per oz. Cereal Unit Price = $2 13.75 oz = $0.15 per oz. Unit Price = $6.49 39 oz Coffee = ? per oz = $0.17 per oz

  4. Oranges 4 lb. Bag $2.99 Unit Price? M & M’s 14 oz. Bag for $2.69 Unit Price? $0.75/lb. $0.19/oz.

  5. 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

  6. Safeway Select Detergent 300 oz. $10.99 What is the Unit Price? Wisk Laundry Detergent 100 oz. $4.99 What is the Unit Price? $0.04/oz. $0.05/oz. What is the better buy?

  7. Dixie plates $2.49 24 count Unit Price (per plate)? Hefty plates 2 for $4.00 50 count (each pkg.) Unit Price (per plate)? $0.04/plate $0.10/plate Which is the better buy?

  8. Publix Cheerios 3 for $6 13.75 oz. boxes Unit Price (per oz.)? Food Lion Cheerios 3 for $7.00 15 oz. boxes Unit Price (per oz.)? Which is the better buy?

  9. 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?

  10. Unit Rate is not just for shopping… Amy can read 88 pages in 4 hours. What is the unit rate? (How many pages can she read per hour?) 5 pages per hour

  11. Samuel checked his heart rate. He counted 150 beats in two minutes. Calculate his heartbeats per minute. 75 beats per minute

  12. Did you know you were calculating slope (rate of change) this whole time? Check it out… Which is the better buy? Gus’s Gas Station sells gas using the following equation : C= 3.35g (C= total cost, g= # of gallons) Sally’s Station uses the following table: m = 7/2

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