Price per Unit
Convert a package price to its price per unit of measure.
About Price per Unit
Dividing the total price by the quantity gives the price per unit, which is the only honest way to compare differently sized packages. Unit pricing exposes that larger packages are not always cheaper and that different units need converting to a common base.
Formula
Price per Unit
Unit price = package price / amount
- unit price
- The cost of a single unit of measure
Worked example
With the default values below, Price per Unit returns Unit Price of $0.2496. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Package price
- 5.99
- Package amountminimum 0
- 24
- Unitone of Ounces, Pounds, Grams, Kilograms, Each
- Ounces
Results
- Unit Price
- $0.2496
- Price per Pound
- $3.99
- Total Units
- 24.00
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Price per Unit
- 3Unit Price= 0.2496 per unit
- 4Price per Pound= 3.99 /lb
- 5Total Units= 24.00
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Price per Unit calculated?
Unit price = package price / amount Dividing the total price by the quantity gives the price per unit, which is the only honest way to compare differently sized packages.
Why does Price per Unit matter?
Unit pricing exposes that larger packages are not always cheaper and that different units need converting to a common base.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Package price, Package amount, Unit. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.