Question

honeydew melons are on sale at four different grocery stores. which store offers the lowest unit rate for honeydew melons, in dollars per pound?

Answer 1

We need to change all to unit rate and then compare them

Happy Grocery:

$3.50 / 7 pounds

= 0.5 dollar per pound

Sullivans :

$1/10 / 1/5 pound

1/10 x 5/1 = 1/2 = 0.5dollar/pound

Mother nature:

$4/ 10 pounds

= 0.4 dollar/pound

Farmer's pride:

$0.45 / pound

Comparing the above, Mother nature offer the lowest unit rate.