Unit Price Comparison: Challenge & Extension
Mathematics
Grade 6
12 questions
~24 mins
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A worksheet focusing on comparing unit prices to determine the best buy. Designed to challenge students' understanding and application of ratio, proportion, and percentages.
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Unit Price Comparison: Challenge & Extension
Subject: MathematicsGrade: Grade 6
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Practice Questions
Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
A pack of 6 bottles of juice costs $9. How much does one bottle cost? Show your working.
[2 marks]2.
A box of 12 chocolates costs $4.80. Calculate the price per chocolate.
[2 marks]3.
Compare the unit prices of two packs: Pack A has 8 items for $5, and Pack B has 10 items for $6. Which pack offers a better value?
[2 marks]APack A
BPack B
4.
A grocery store sells 5 kg of rice for $15 and 8 kg of rice for $24. Which offers a lower price per kg? Show your calculations.
[3 marks]5.
A 500 ml bottle of juice costs $2.50. What is the cost per litre? Show your working.
[2 marks]6.
A shop sells 3 packs of snacks: Pack A (20 grams for $1.20), Pack B (25 grams for $1.50), and Pack C (30 grams for $1.80). Which pack offers the best value per gram? Show your calculations.
[4 marks]7.
A retailer sells two brands of soap: Brand X costs $3 for 250 g, and Brand Y costs $4 for 400 g. Which brand is cheaper per gram? Show your working.
[3 marks]8.
A supermarket offers a 15% discount on a $20 bottle of wine. What is the sale price? Show your working.
[3 marks]9.
A box contains 24 pens costing $6.00. A different box contains 36 pens costing $9.00. Which box has a lower unit price per pen? Show your calculations.
[3 marks]10.
Identify the common mistake in the following comparison: A pack of 10 items costs $8, and another pack of 15 items costs $12. The student states the second pack is better value because it costs less per item without calculating. Explain why this is incorrect and show the correct comparison.
[4 marks]11.
A store sells 5 kg of sugar for $4.25 and 7 kg for $5.95. Which option is more economical? Show your working.
[3 marks]12.
Construct a graph plotting the unit price of different snack packs against their weight in grams. The packs are: 20g for $1.20, 25g for $1.50, 30g for $1.80, and 50g for $3.00. Use the grid to draw the graph.
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- 1/1/2026
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- 1/1/2026
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