Unit 2, Lesson 8
How Much for One?
Grade 6
Student Lesson 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.
This double number line shows that the cost for 1 ticket is \$7. We can also find the unit price by dividing, , or by multiplying, .
The unit price is the cost for 1 item or for 1 unit of measure.
For example, 10 feet of fencing costs \$150. The unit price is , or \$15 per foot.