If I’m in the store and want to know the price-per-pound of food, do I divide the weight by the dollars, or do I divide the dollars by the weight?

Question

If I’m in the store and want to know the price-per-pound of food, do I divide the weight by the dollars, or do I divide the dollars by the weight?

In: Economics

Answer 1

Divide the dollars by the weight. You are splitting (dividing) the total of the dollars into equal amounts for each pound – so that is the number you want to split up, so that is the number you divide by the other number.