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Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Super Gummy Bears!!

VAT19 has Super Gummy Bears for $30 (each Super Bear is equivalent to 1,400 Mini Bears).

The candy warehouse has 5 lb bags of mini gummy bears for $19.50. There are 145 mini gummi bears per pound (yep- that’s a unit rate!).

Which shop has the better deal if you want to get the most gummy bear for your money?

Challenge: After you figure out which shop is cheaper... How much will it cost to buy the same amount of gummy bear at the more expensive shop?


2 comments:

  1. The super gummy bear because you would have to buy 10 packs of the other one to become about equivalent to the super gummy bear, and that would cost over $190.

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  2. The answer for the first question is that VAT19 has a better deal. I got to this by dividing the cost by the amount of gummies. Candy Warehouse: 19.50/725=(About)0.027 & VAT19: 30.00/1,400=(About)0.021. CANDY WAREHOUSE 0.027>0.021 VAT19.
    The answer to the second question is it would cost (About) $37.80 for the CANDY WAREHOUSE to buy a super gummy/ 1,400 mini gummies. I got this buy multiplying 1,400, the amount of gummies, by 0.027, the cost for a gummy in CANDY WAREHOUSE.

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