Question

Which unit rate is the lowest price per ounce?

Choice A: 30 ounces of chocolate chips for $2.49
Choice B: 40 ounces of chocolate chips for $3.32
(A) Choice A
(B) Choice B
(C) The unit rates are equal.
(D) The unit rates cannot be determined.

Answer 1

If I may help?

Answer 2

Yes please!

Answer 3

Thank you.

Answer 4

"lowest price per ounce" means what?

Answer 5

The cheapest?

Answer 6

Great!
in other words: the smallest price per largest amount of chocolates!

Answer 7

Ok!

Answer 8

So What did you pick?

Answer 9

Umm, Choice B?

Answer 10

\[Rate_A=\frac{ 2.49 }{ 30 }=??\]
\[Rate_B=\frac{ 3.32 }{ 40 }=??\]

Answer 11

This is a pretest that I am doing so I don't know how to do any of this. What do I do?

Answer 12

What I did is: I divided the price of chocolate by the amount of chocolate for cases A and B.
no more!

The smallest result/ratio is "the lowest price per ounce".

Got it?

Answer 13

Ok

Answer 14

I am happy to hear that.

Answer 15

Wait, so is it they are equal?

Answer 16

What is the answer I am so confused :/

Answer 17

Right!

They are equal..you got it!

Answer 18

Yay! Thank you!!!!

Answer 19

With my pleasure!

Thank you for learning!

Answer 20

Thank you for the medal!

Answer 21

Any more questions?