Which costs more, 8 printers at 145$ per printer or 3 laptops priced at 439$ per laptop? Explain.

The laptop costs more.

What the estimated written answer would look like:

The laptops cost more. The unit price per laptop is $146.33, whereas the unit price per printer is $18.13. I divided the total price by the number of items to get my unit prices.

The unit price per printer would be $18.13.

145/8 = 18.3

The unit price per laptop would be $146.33.

439/3 = 146.3