Grocery Store Tricks, Priced in Imperial, Weighed in Metric

So the other day i was purchasing some cherries, when I ran into a problem.  I had no idea how much the darned things were gonna cost me.  I went to a Loblaws SuperStore in Aurora and spotted these:

So I looked around for a scale… found one way in the back:

Went to go and measure.  Darn!  Metric!

OK kids, if a bag of cherries costs $5.48 a lb, and I’m weighing 675 grams worth, how much is that?

Get out your mobile browser:

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%245.48%2Flb%20in%20dollars%20per%20kilo

$5.48 / pound =

13.2468712 Canadian dollars per kilogram

Next step:

$13.2468712/kg * .675 grams = ….

Ah, forget it.   I love cherries.

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