MAT 126 Week 2 DQ 1

MAT 126 Week 2 DQ 1
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This Discussion should be an eye opener for most students. We will look at our food
shopping trends and how we spend our money. The outcomes should reveal some interesting
facts.
1. Save a cash register receipt from a shopping trip to the food market, or borrow one
from a family member or friend. The cost of four prepackaged food items that are sold
by weight and the cost of at least three fresh fruits, or vegetables need to appear on the
receipt. If you have no access to a receipt with these items, then you will need to go to
the store and write down the cost information, or find a grocery advertisement online.
Do not use liquids such as milk, juice, or soda because these are sold by volume and
not by weight. Also, do not include ingredients like flour, sugar, oil, dry beans, etc.
because these items are not prepackaged foods.
2. Fruits and vegetables are sold by the pound. Add up your prices per pound for the
fruits and vegetables and find the average cost per pound. (Example: If bananas
are .79 per pound and apples are .59 per pound, the average is calculated like this: (.79
+ .59)/2 = 1.38/2 = .69 per pound on average for the two fruits.)
3. Locate the weight of your prepackaged food items. (For example, on a box of Frosted
Flakes it says 15 oz.)
4. Add up all of the weights for your prepackaged items in ounces, and then add up all of
the costs for your four prepackaged items.
5. From the totals, find the average cost per ounce of prepackaged items. Convert your
results to cost per pound. (Hint: How many ounces in a pound?)
6. Now, compare the cost per pound of unprocessed food compared to prepackaged
processed food. Discuss your comparison. Are you amazed or did you expect these
results?
7. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Do the calculations seem
reasonable? Based on the posting you authored and the postings you read, do we seem
to be paying for the product, convenience or the packaging?