Question

BiLo currently has 12-packs of Pepsi on sale for $5.55. Food Lion has a sale on 6-packs of Pepsi for $2.75. Which is the better cost per can? Show all work to back up your reasoning.

Answer 1

How to find the cost per can

To find the cost per can, we can divide the total cost by the number of cans.

$\frac{total\ cost}{number\ of\ cans} = cost\ per\ can$

Let's start with BiLo:

Total cost: $5.55

Number of cans: 12

The cost per can will be:

$\frac{total\ cost}{number\ of\ cans} = \frac{5.55}{12} = 0.4625$

$0.4625 per can

How about Food Lion?

Food Lion

Total cost: $2.75

Number of cans: 6

The cost per can will be:

$\frac{total\ cost}{number\ of\ cans} = \frac{2.75}{6} = 0.458333....$

Around $0.4583 per can

Comparing

BiLo: $0.4625

Food Lion: around $0.4583

As we can see, Food Lion has a better cost per can, as it costs less to buy each can of Pepsi.

Answer: Food Lion has a better cost per can