Question

Cereal is on sale for $3.60 for a 9-ounce box. what is the price per ounce?

Answer 1

0.40 per ounce

Explanation:

The question asks is to find the unit rate, or price per ounce.

To find this, we need to divide the price by the number of ounces.

price/ ounces

It costs $3.60 for 9 ounces of cereal.

$3.60/9 ounces

Divide $3.60 by 9 (3.60/9=0.4)

$0.4/ounce

It costs $0.40 per ounce of cereal.

Answer 2

$0.40 per oz

Explanation:

given that the cereal is $3.60 for a 9 oz box

i.e

9 oz ----> costs $3.60

1 oz ----> costs $3.60 ÷ 9 = $0.40

hence the unit rate is $0.40 per oz