if 4.5 pounds of cherries cost $10, what is the unit price?
You have two numbers.
Do you think you should
add?
subtract?
multiply?
divide?
What answer do you get?
unit price is $/lb
so, divide cost by weight
0.45
To find the unit price, you need to divide the total cost by the quantity. In this case, you have 4.5 pounds of cherries costing $10. So, to calculate the unit price:
Unit price = Total cost / Quantity
Unit price = $10 / 4.5 pounds
To calculate this, you divide $10 by 4.5 pounds:
Unit price ≈ $2.22 per pound
Therefore, the unit price of the cherries is approximately $2.22 per pound.