Question

Jerry bought some pears at the store. he paid 4.59$ for 5.4 pounds of pears what is the unit rate?

Answer 1

To find the unit rate you will take the price Jerry paid and divide it by the amount in pounds of pears.

Unit rate = $4.59/5.4 lb
Unit rate = $0.85

You can check your answer by multiplying the amount of pears Jerry purchased by the unit price to get the total price. 
(5.4 lb of pairs)($0.85) = $4.59