# Unit Pricing - Jigsaw Joke

## Calculate the unit cost of items to help determine which offers make the best buy.

##### Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5DescriptionHelpMore...

Type in your answer in pounds (so 30p should be typed in as 0.30, £8 should be 8.00).

Each correct answer earns one piece of the jigsaw.

Drag the jigsaw pieces into this rectangle to assemble the joke!

Ha ha ha, that's so funny! Don't forget to collect your trophy using the button below.

 If 1.5 litres of washing up liquid is £2.70 find the cost of 1 litre £ If 1.5kg of self-raising flour costs £0.60 find the cost of 1kg £ If 2.5kg of washing powder costs £4 find the cost of 1kg £ A 400ml bottle of shampoo costs £3.20. How much will 1 litre of the shampoo cost at the same rate? £ A 300g bar of chocolate costs £2.40. How much would 1kg of chocolate cost at this rate? £ A 1.8 litre carton of fruit juice costs £3.60. How much will 1 litre of the fruit juice cost? £ A Diet Cola pack of 8 cans each holding 330ml costs £2.64. Calculate the cost of cola per 100ml. £ A 350g tub of Irish Butter costs £2.80. Calculate the cost of Irish Butter per 100g. £ An 800g loaf of brown bread costs £1.20. Calculate the cost of brown bread per kilogram. £
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This is Unit Pricing - Jigsaw Joke level 2. You can also try:
Level 1 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

 This activity is suitable for students of mathematics all around the world. Use the button below to change the currency symbol used to make it more relevant to your students. You may wish to choose an unfamiliar currency to extend your students' experience.

## Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file.

## More Activities:

Mathematicians are not the people who find Maths easy; they are the people who enjoy how mystifying, puzzling and hard it is. Are you a mathematician?

Comment recorded on the s /Coordinate 'Starter of the Day' page by Greg, Wales:

"Excellent resource, I use it all of the time! The only problem is that there is too much good stuff here!!"

Comment recorded on the 25 June 'Starter of the Day' page by Inger.kisby@herts and essex.herts.sch.uk, :

"We all love your starters. It is so good to have such a collection. We use them for all age groups and abilities. Have particularly enjoyed KIM's game, as we have not used that for Mathematics before. Keep up the good work and thank you very much
Best wishes from Inger Kisby"

Each month a newsletter is published containing details of the new additions to the Transum website and a new puzzle of the month.

The newsletter is then duplicated as a podcast which is available on the major delivery networks. You can listen to the podcast while you are commuting, exercising or relaxing.

Transum breaking news is available on Twitter @Transum and if that's not enough there is also a Transum Facebook page.

#### Where's Wallaby?

Find the hidden wallaby using the clues revealed at the chosen coordinates. Not only is this a fun way to practise using coordinates it is also a great introduction to Pythagoras' theorem and loci.

There are answers to this exercise but they are available in this space to teachers, tutors and parents who have logged in to their Transum subscription on this computer.

A Transum subscription unlocks the answers to the online exercises, quizzes and puzzles. It also provides the teacher with access to quality external links on each of the Transum Topic pages and the facility to add to the collection themselves.

Subscribers can manage class lists, lesson plans and assessment data in the Class Admin application and have access to reports of the Transum Trophies earned by class members.

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## Go Maths

Learning and understanding Mathematics, at every level, requires learner engagement. Mathematics is not a spectator sport. Sometimes traditional teaching fails to actively involve students. One way to address the problem is through the use of interactive activities and this web site provides many of those. The Go Maths page is an alphabetical list of free activities designed for students in Secondary/High school.

## Maths Map

Are you looking for something specific? An exercise to supplement the topic you are studying at school at the moment perhaps. Navigate using our Maths Map to find exercises, puzzles and Maths lesson starters grouped by topic.

## Teachers

If you found this activity useful don't forget to record it in your scheme of work or learning management system. The short URL, ready to be copied and pasted, is as follows:

Alternatively, if you use Google Classroom, all you have to do is click on the green icon below in order to add this activity to one of your classes.

It may be worth remembering that if Transum.org should go offline for whatever reason, there is a mirror site at Transum.info that contains most of the resources that are available here on Transum.org.

When planning to use technology in your lesson always have a plan B!

Do you have any comments? It is always useful to receive feedback and helps make this free resource even more useful for those learning Mathematics anywhere in the world. Click here to enter your comments.

For Students:

For All:

© Transum Mathematics :: This activity can be found online at:
www.Transum.org/go/?Num=768

## Description of Levels

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Level 1 - Where the unit cost can be found by multiplying or dividing by a whole number

Level 2 - Where the unit cost can be found by multiplying or dividing by a fraction

Level 3 - Calculating the price difference per unit of given products

Level 4 - A Best Buy drag-and-drop activity

Level 5 - A harder Best Buy drag-and-drop activity

More Ratio including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Related Activity:

#### Recipe Ratios

Learn the mathematics required to adapt recipes to serve a different number of people.

## Example

This video is from MathHelp.com.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Close
The text passage is a description of a math activity related to unit pricing, where students are asked to calculate the unit cost of various items to determine the best buy. It includes a series of questions and instructions for completing the activity.
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the passage contains multiple mathematical questions related to unit pricing, but does not provide answers to these questions.
Given a text passage, determine:
    1. If it contains a mathematical question (including word problems or calculations)
    2. If an answer to that mathematical question is provided in the text

First, describe the content structure you found in 1-2 sentences.

Then provide your analysis in the following format:
TYPE: <one of the following values>
- NO_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS_WITH_ANSWERS
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# Unit Pricing - Jigsaw Joke

## Calculate the unit cost of items to help determine which offers make the best buy.

##### Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5DescriptionHelpMore...

Type in your answer in pounds (so 30p should be typed in as 0.30, £8 should be 8.00).

Each correct answer earns one piece of the jigsaw.

Drag the jigsaw pieces into this rectangle to assemble the joke!

Ha ha ha, that's so funny! Don't forget to collect your trophy using the button below.

 If 1.5 litres of washing up liquid is £2.70 find the cost of 1 litre £ If 1.5kg of self-raising flour costs £0.60 find the cost of 1kg £ If 2.5kg of washing powder costs £4 find the cost of 1kg £ A 400ml bottle of shampoo costs £3.20. How much will 1 litre of the shampoo cost at the same rate? £ A 300g bar of chocolate costs £2.40. How much would 1kg of chocolate cost at this rate? £ A 1.8 litre carton of fruit juice costs £3.60. How much will 1 litre of the fruit juice cost? £ A Diet Cola pack of 8 cans each holding 330ml costs £2.64. Calculate the cost of cola per 100ml. £ A 350g tub of Irish Butter costs £2.80. Calculate the cost of Irish Butter per 100g. £ An 800g loaf of brown bread costs £1.20. Calculate the cost of brown bread per kilogram. £
Check

This is Unit Pricing - Jigsaw Joke level 2. You can also try:
Level 1 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

 This activity is suitable for students of mathematics all around the world. Use the button below to change the currency symbol used to make it more relevant to your students. You may wish to choose an unfamiliar currency to extend your students' experience.

## Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file.

## More Activities:

Mathematicians are not the people who find Maths easy; they are the people who enjoy how mystifying, puzzling and hard it is. Are you a mathematician?

Comment recorded on the s /Coordinate 'Starter of the Day' page by Greg, Wales:

"Excellent resource, I use it all of the time! The only problem is that there is too much good stuff here!!"

Comment recorded on the 25 June 'Starter of the Day' page by Inger.kisby@herts and essex.herts.sch.uk, :

"We all love your starters. It is so good to have such a collection. We use them for all age groups and abilities. Have particularly enjoyed KIM's game, as we have not used that for Mathematics before. Keep up the good work and thank you very much
Best wishes from Inger Kisby"

Each month a newsletter is published containing details of the new additions to the Transum website and a new puzzle of the month.

The newsletter is then duplicated as a podcast which is available on the major delivery networks. You can listen to the podcast while you are commuting, exercising or relaxing.

Transum breaking news is available on Twitter @Transum and if that's not enough there is also a Transum Facebook page.

#### Where's Wallaby?

Find the hidden wallaby using the clues revealed at the chosen coordinates. Not only is this a fun way to practise using coordinates it is also a great introduction to Pythagoras' theorem and loci.

There are answers to this exercise but they are available in this space to teachers, tutors and parents who have logged in to their Transum subscription on this computer.

A Transum subscription unlocks the answers to the online exercises, quizzes and puzzles. It also provides the teacher with access to quality external links on each of the Transum Topic pages and the facility to add to the collection themselves.

Subscribers can manage class lists, lesson plans and assessment data in the Class Admin application and have access to reports of the Transum Trophies earned by class members.

Subscribe

## Go Maths

Learning and understanding Mathematics, at every level, requires learner engagement. Mathematics is not a spectator sport. Sometimes traditional teaching fails to actively involve students. One way to address the problem is through the use of interactive activities and this web site provides many of those. The Go Maths page is an alphabetical list of free activities designed for students in Secondary/High school.

## Maths Map

Are you looking for something specific? An exercise to supplement the topic you are studying at school at the moment perhaps. Navigate using our Maths Map to find exercises, puzzles and Maths lesson starters grouped by topic.

## Teachers

If you found this activity useful don't forget to record it in your scheme of work or learning management system. The short URL, ready to be copied and pasted, is as follows:

Alternatively, if you use Google Classroom, all you have to do is click on the green icon below in order to add this activity to one of your classes.

It may be worth remembering that if Transum.org should go offline for whatever reason, there is a mirror site at Transum.info that contains most of the resources that are available here on Transum.org.

When planning to use technology in your lesson always have a plan B!

Do you have any comments? It is always useful to receive feedback and helps make this free resource even more useful for those learning Mathematics anywhere in the world. Click here to enter your comments.

For Students:

For All:

© Transum Mathematics :: This activity can be found online at:
www.Transum.org/go/?Num=768

## Description of Levels

Close

Level 1 - Where the unit cost can be found by multiplying or dividing by a whole number

Level 2 - Where the unit cost can be found by multiplying or dividing by a fraction

Level 3 - Calculating the price difference per unit of given products

Level 4 - A Best Buy drag-and-drop activity

Level 5 - A harder Best Buy drag-and-drop activity

More Ratio including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Related Activity:

#### Recipe Ratios

Learn the mathematics required to adapt recipes to serve a different number of people.

## Example

This video is from MathHelp.com.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Close
user
The text passage is a description of a math activity related to unit pricing, where students are asked to calculate the unit cost of various items to determine the best buy. It includes a series of questions and instructions for completing the activity.

TYPE: MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS

The passage contains multiple mathematical questions related to unit pricing, but does not provide answers to these questions.