Price is for a single cell, order as many or as little as you like. C batteries are a popular household batteries used in a variety of things from childrens toys, torches, boomboxs etc. GP rechargeable battteries can be re-charged up to 1000 times making them much better for environment than disposable batteries. These batteries will give you longer life than alkaline batteries but if you want your batteries to last longer you should increase the m Ah of them.