Question

Imagine that the teacher appoints you and your friend to be an incharge of the fruit section of your school canteen for a week. she also instructs the following steps, and she can help you when needed.

Shopping list

1. 20 kg apples
2. 20 kg of guavas
3. 30 boxes of strawberries

Now you have to buy fruits for 2 days as per your shopping list.

One of you should go to the market and the other should go to the departmental store to know the cost of the fruits before shopping.

The collected model price list from both shops is given in the table below:


Estimate yourselves which place will give you the best deal.

• A. Departmental store
• B. Market price(Market shop)
• C. Insufficient information
• D. Both A & B

Answer 1

The correct option is B Market price(Market shop)

Calculating the Departmental store Price:


Calculating the Market Price:

Now, let us compare the shopping price of the Departmental store to that of the Market shop price.



From the above comparison, we find that shopping made at the Market shop is the best deal quantity wise as well as in price and hence it is a wise decision to shop in the Market.