Question

At Office Zone, boxes of pencils come in different sizes. A box with 10 pencils costs $1.50, and a box with 25 pencils costs $2.75. What is the unit price for each box?

The 10 count box is $#/pencil. The 25 count box is $#/pencil.

Answer 1

To find the unit price for each box, we need to divide the cost of the box by the number of pencils it contains.

For the 10 count box:
Unit price = $1.50 ÷ 10 pencils = $0.15/pencil

For the 25 count box:
Unit price = $2.75 ÷ 25 pencils = $0.11/pencil