How Much for One?

Student Summary

The unit price is the price of 1 thing—for example, the price of 1 ticket, 1 slice of pizza, or 1 kilogram of peaches.

If 4 movie tickets cost $28, then the unit price would be the cost per ticket. We can create a double number line to find the unit price.

<p>Double number line. Cost in dollars. Number of tickets.</p>

This double number line shows that the cost for 1 ticket is $7. We can also find the unit price by dividing, 28÷4=728 \div 4 = 7, or by multiplying, 28⋅14=728 \boldcdot \frac14 = 7.

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Standards

Building On
5.NBT.6

Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors.

5.NF.3

Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a divided by b).

Addressing
6.RP.3.b

Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems.