Exploring Unit Rate: Shopping for a Party

Students will analyze grocery store advertisements to determine the least expensive alternative to purchasing food for a party. This is a multi-step project-based learning unit, requiring students to choose items to shop for, compare prices per unit, add sales tax, and determine what they will have to pay alone and if they were to split the cost with friends. Topics covered include numerical operations (multiplication, division, unit rate, decimal operations), comprehension of functional text, and analysis/evaluation skills.