2. Our learning targets:
“I can…”
make money choices that get me to my goals.
make a spending plan that allows for saving.
find thrifty ways to spend my money for my goals.
understand how to find a rate when given a specific ratio.

3. What’s one time in your life when you did not have $500 in savings, but if you had, it would have made all of the difference?

4. What money choices do you make to reach your financial goals?

5. A spending plan can help us reach our financial goals
A spending plan can help us reach our financial goals. How can we adjust our spending plan to allow for savings?

6. Smart consuming can help us to save money
Smart consuming can help us to save money. What are some ways that we can be thrifty in the grocery store.

7. Have any of you ever used the unit price to find the best buy when you go the grocery store?

8. Unit Rates: help us save money
A ratio is a comparison of two quantities by division.
17 out of 20 students, or
A rate is a special type of ratio comparing two quantities with different units.
$1.20 for 2 pounds
A unit rate is a rate that is simplified so that it has a denominator of 1 unit.
$1.20 for 2 pounds, or

9. The unit price is $1.12 per bottle.
Example 1:
A 12-pack of Gatorade costs $ What is the unit price per bottle?
Write a verbal model of what you are comparing.
Substitute in the values given for each quantity.
Divide the numerator and denominator by 12 to find the unit rate.
The unit price is $1.12 per bottle.

10. The 7 pound bag is the least expensive at $1.35 per pound
Example 2:
The price of three different bags of cat food are shown in the table to the right. Which bag has the lowest price per pound?
Cat Food Prices
Size of bag
(lbs)
Price
($)
3.5
4.83 7
9.45 20
27.20
Write a verbal model of what you are comparing.
For the 3.5 lb bag,
For the 7 lb bag,
For the 20 lb bag,
The 7 pound bag is the least expensive at $1.35 per pound

11. A great way to be a smart consumer is by figuring out the unit price
A great way to be a smart consumer is by figuring out the unit price. Turn and share with a partner: -What is unit price? -How is unit price determined? -When in life would finding the unit price be helpful for smart consuming?

12. What questions do you have about how to find out the unit price
What questions do you have about how to find out the unit price? Let’s practice using real examples.

13. What are some ways you can be thrifty in the store?