Name:__________________________________ Date:_________________
UNITARY
METHOD
Read the problems carefully. Pay attention to what is given.
Ask yourself, if I know the cost of 1 and I have to buy more, (what must
I do?) Multiply (x)
If I know for 1, I can find for any amount OF THE SAME (more)
by multiplying.
Problem: If one pencil costs $3, then what is the cost of five pencils?
1 pencil = $3
5 pencils = $3 x 5
= $15
Ask yourself, if I know the cost of more and I have to find for one (what
must I do?) Divide (÷)
If I know for more, I can find for one (less) by dividing.
Eight identical pens cost Tim $24, what is the cost of one pen?
8 pens = $24
1 pen = $24 ÷ 8
= $3 $24.00 $3.00
Clue words/Key words that hints to the UNITARY METHOD.
( a , an, per, each, one, single, average etc.)
Ex .1: Solve the following problems using the Unitary Method concept.
1. A chair costs $40.00. What is the cost of 7 chairs?
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2. Each cup in a store cost $5.00. What will James pay for 10 cups?
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3. A store has pencils for $3 each. Jill needs to buy 30 pencils. How much money will
she pay?
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4. If a single pineapple cost $10.00, what will be the cost of 35 of these pineapples?
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5. There are 4 students in Mrs. Ginny’s photography club. Each student took 12
pictures for the school yearbook. How many pictures were taken in all?
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6. At the doubles stand, you pay $3 per doubles. Mr. Jackson needs to buy 10 doubles.
How much will Mr. Jackson pay?
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7. The Toy Store is planning to give away 5 toy cars each day for the next 6 days. How
many toys will the Toy Store give away for this event?
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8. Mr. Lawrence has 5 boxes of cupcakes. A single box contains 12 cupcakes. How many
cupcakes does Mr. Lawrence have altogether?
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9. Robot on Mars can build 12 space mobiles every hour. How many space mobiles can
the robots build in 7 hours?
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10. If 9 similar Math booklets have a total of 64 pages sums. How many sums has a
single booklet?
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11. How many trips will a maxi take to transport 125 persons, if can carry 25 persons per
trip?
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12. If 6kg of bananas cost $72.00, calculate the cost of 1 kg of bananas.
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13. Mrs. Sweetly made 40 cupcakes. She places them equally into 8 boxes. How many
cupcakes were in each box?
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14. Mr. Mack paid $96.00 for 8 shirts. Each shirt cost the same amount of money. How
much did one shirt cost?
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Ex. 2: Solve the
1. following
What is the total cost of 7 sharpeners at $9.25 each?
problems using
Unitary
Method
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2. What is the total cost of 4 apples at $ 3.00 each?
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3. What is the total cost of 20 peaches at $ 2.50 each?
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4. What is the total cost of 100 lollipops at 25c each?
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5. If 1 pencil costs 75c, what is the cost of 8 such pencils?
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6. What is the cost of 6 dozen eggs, if it costs $7.00 per dozen?
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7. What is the cost of 12 dozen eggs, if it costs $8.15 for each dozen?
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8. What is the cost of 20 dozen eggs, if it cost $10.55, a dozen?
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9. Mark pays $12.50 for a 1-kilogram watermelon. What will be the cost of an 8-
kilogram watermelon?
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10. Mother pays $ 6.50 per kilogram of pumpkin. How much will she pay for 5 kilograms
of pumpkin?
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11. Red beans cost $5.00 for a kilogram. What is the cost of 4 kg?
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ANSWERS
Exercise 1 :
1) 280
2) $50
3) $90
4) $350
5) 48 pictures
6) $30
7) 30 cars
8) 60 cupcakes
9) 84 mobiles
10) 576 sums
11) 5 trips
12) $12
13) 5 cupcakes
14) $12
Exercise 2:
1) $64.75
2) $12
3) $50
4) $25
5) $6
6) $42
7) $97.80
8) $211
9) $100
10) $32.50
11) $20
