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Question

you need to buy cupcakes for your math class. At walmart you can buy 24 cupcakes for $14.00. At Sam's Club you can buy 30 cupcakes for $15.00. At Hy-vee you can buy 12 you can buy 12 cupcakes for 10.00. At which store would you get a better deal?

Answer 1

You have different rates, but to find the best deal, you need to find the unit rate. The unit rate, in this problem, is the cost per cupcake. Cost per cupcake is your clue on how to solve each one.

Cost per cupcake

$ / cupcake. Take the cost and divide it by the number of cupcakes to get the unit rate.

Wal-Mart $14 / 24 cupcakes = $0.58 per cupcake

Sam's Club $15 / 30 cupcakes = $0.50 per cupcake

Hy-vee $10 / 12 cupcakes = $0.83 per cupcake

So Sam's Club is your best deal.