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Calculate the unit cost
for 5th grade

Find the unit cost of items using multiplication and division

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How to calculate unit cost

The idea of unit cost is really quite simple. Items purchased in bulk (more than 1 unit) cost a certain amount in total. The unit cost is simply how much each individaul one of those items cost.

So, to calculate the unit cost of an item given the cost of a bulk purchase, divide the total cost by the number of items purchased.

So, if Cathy buys 100 books for $200, the unit cost of each book is:

$200 ÷ 100 = $2

Another example: Bill buys 20 pens for $10. What is the unit cost of each pen?

$10 ÷ 20 = $0.5 or 50¢

Below is a table showing the first 6 question answer pairs for the topic "Calculate the unit cost" as used in the lessons for this topic. Our games and tests for the topic use these 6 items plus 10 additional question answer pairs.

The topic "Calculate the unit cost" is in the category Multiply + Divide for 5th grade (ages 10 to 11).

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If 100 items cost $500 the unit cost of the item is $5 per unit

100 items costs a total of $500

$5 per unit

2 / 6

If 100 items cost $1000 the unit cost of the item is $10 per unit

100 items costs a total of $1000

$10 per unit

3 / 6

If 10 items cost $250 the unit cost of the item is $25 per unit

10 items costs a total of $250

$25 per unit

4 / 6

If 4 items cost $500 the unit cost of the item is $125 per unit

4 items costs a total of $500

$125 per unit

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If 250 items cost $7500 the unit cost of the item is $30 per unit

250 items costing a total of $7500

$30 per unit

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If 70 items cost $4900 the unit cost of the item is $70 per unit

70 items costs a total of $4900

$70 per unit

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Calculate the unit costfor 5th grade

How to calculate unit cost

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Calculate the unit cost
for 5th grade