Your bigger bundle contained more pencils and cost more tokens. To compare fairly, find the cost of the same amount. Unit price means price for one chosen unit, such as one pencil.

All numbers here are pretend. Four pencils cost eight tokens. Share the eight equally among four pencils: each gets two tokens. Six pencils cost eighteen tokens. Each gets three. The larger bundle costs more for each pencil in this example.

You found a unit price by dividing the total price by the quantity. Pictures or equal groups can help you check the division. Always use the same unit on both sides of the comparison.

This answers a specific question about price per pencil. It does not tell which purchase suits a family or whether the pencils have the same quality. A larger pack is not automatically cheaper per item. Keep what you can calculate separate from the other details you would need.

Two stores can put different prices on the same kind of item. The tag gives a number. It does not show the whole story behind that number.

A business has costs: amounts it pays to operate. These may include buying stock, paying workers or renting space. Competition means sellers trying to attract customers who can choose among them. Costs and competition can influence selling prices.

These are possible explanations, not facts you can read directly from two tags. A price difference does not prove one shop has higher rent. It does not prove an expensive item is better either.

Compare this with your pencil bundles. You could calculate tokens per pencil because the quantities and prices were given. You could not calculate an actual shop’s motives from those numbers. An investigation becomes more careful when it separates a measured difference from a guessed cause. Write the guess, then name the evidence you would need to test it.