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Going Bananas
Gosh, how am I supposed to compare these two
prices?
How can I compare these two prices and get the
best deal?
19 cents each
39 cents/pound
At one store they sell bananas by the quantity. For instance; 1 banana costs $0.19 and two bananas cost
$0.38. At another grocery store they sell bananas by the pound. They are 39 cents per pound.
1. What information would you like to know to help you solve this problem?
2. Record and organize information that you can find, either supplied by teacher, from your own
research or from the Going Bananas post at yummymath.com.
3. Use all the information that you have gathered to determine which banana deal is the better deal.
4. If your family buys a bunch of bananas (say 5 – 8 bananas) a week, how much would you save per
year by always buying from the better deal?
5. Create a new price per banana and a new price per pound for bananas so that ….
a. The price per pound is a better deal than buying by the banana.
b. The price per banana is a better deal than buying by the pound.
c. The price per banana and the price per pound are roughly the same.
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