Shrinkflation

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Inflation in the cost of living (2021) was estimated to be about a 7% rise.

If "shrinkflation" is happening at the same time, is the unit cost for those shrunk items actually raised even more than 7%?  Let's find out.

The activity: Shrink-flation.pdf

CCSS: 6.RP, 7.RP, HSM, HSF, MP2

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