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Understanding unit pricing is essential for savvy shoppers looking to maximize their savings. Unit prices allow consumers to compare the cost of items quickly, helping them determine the best deal among various sizes and brands. From paper plates to laundry detergents, knowing how to calculate price per item or ounce can lead to significant savings. This guide walks through examples such as comparing different brands of paper plates and determining the best value for items like Gatorade and Cheerios, ensuring you always get the best bang for your buck.
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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 Unit Price Unit Price = $2 50 plates Paper Plates = $0.40 per plate Unit Price = $2 9 oz. For 9 oz. = $0.22 per oz. Cereal For 13.75 oz. Unit Price = $2 13.75 oz = $0.15 per oz. Coffee
Dannon water 32 pack for $4.99 How much per bottle? If each bottle is 16.9 oz., how much per oz? Shop Rite Supermarkets 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? Giant Food Stores 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? What is the better buy?
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
Dixie plates $2.49 24 count Unit Price (per plate)? Hefty plates 2 for $4.00 50 count (each pkg.) Unit Price (per plate)? Which is the better buy?
Genuardi's Cheerios 3 for $6 13.75 oz. boxes Unit Price (per oz.)? Giant Food Stores Cheerios 3 for $7.00 15 oz. boxes Unit Price (per oz.)? Which is the better buy?
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.)? Which is the better buy?
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?
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?
Aquafina: 24 pack $3.99 16.9 oz. bottles Deer Park: 12 pack $2.99 12 oz. bottles