Introduction
Everyone has to go grocery shopping! But no matter what store you go to, you always are looking for the best deals! Today you are going to go grocery shopping and you are going to shop for the best deal in town!
Task
To find out what products are the best buy, you are going to have to do some research. Each group will be given an item to search for and the store to search for it in. You are going to research the price of this item in different sizes and then find out which item is the best buy. This task will require the use of a computer and the internet. You will also need paper and a pencil to do you computations to find which item is the better buy.
Process
Each group is going to be assigned a specific item and a specific store to search for this item. Look below for your item and store and get to shopping!
M & M's at Walmart
1. Go to http://www.walmart.com/
2. Search for m & m's. Choose one type of m & m and choose 3 different sized bags. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each size bag of m & m's.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
M & M's on Amazon
1. Go to http://www.amazon.com/
2. Search for m & m's. Choose one type of m & m and choose 3 different sized bags. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each size bag of m & m's.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Cereal on Amazon
1. Go to http://www.amazon.com/
2. Pick your favorite type of cereal. Search for that cereal and choose 3 different sized varieties. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each box of cereal.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Cereal at Target
1. Go to http://www.target.com/
2. Pick your favorite type of cereal. Search for that cereal and choose 3 different sized varieties. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each box of cereal.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Soda at Kmart
1. Go to http://www.kmart.com/
2. Pick your favorite type of soda. Search for that soda and choose 3 different sized varieties. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each bottle/can of soda.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Soda at Walmart
1. Go to http://www.walmart.com/
2. Pick your favorite type of soda. Search for that soda and choose 3 different sized varieties. Mark down the price and the size on you record sheet.
3. Find the unit rate, or unit price of each bottle/can of soda.
4. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Evaluation
- How did you find the unit price of each item?
- Why would we need to find the unit price of each item to tell which one is the better buy?