Question

A sign in a bakery gives these options:

15 cupcakes for $26
24 cupcakes for $42
40 cupcakes for $66
Find each unit price to the nearest cent, and show your reasoning.
Which option gives the lowest unit price?

Answer 1

40 cupcakes for $66

Explanation:

To find the unit price of something, dived the total amount by how may there are.

$26 divided by 15 cupcakes would be $1.7333333333, but if you round it up, it would be $1.74

$42 divided by 24 cupcakes would be $1.75

$66 divided by 40 cupcakes would be $1.65

Answer 2

The lowest unit price would be last option

Explanation:

We must divide the price by the amount of cupcakes we will be getting. Once we do that we'll get:

A. 1.77 cents

B. 1.75 cents

C. 1.65 cents

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