Purchase & Sale Problems ( Week 22 Practice)
1. How much (in dollars) do 1000 pieces of chocolate cost if 10 pieces cost $1? 2. Jennifer can buy a dozen candy bars for 24 cents. If she spends $2.4 on the candy bars and sells them for a total of $12, how much will she charge (in cents) for each candy bar? 3. Mary spent $9.36 on the pencils and sold them for a total of $15.84. If 12 pencils cost $1.56 when being bought, how much did she charge (in cents) for each pencil when she sold it? 4. A shipping company charges $1.65 for a package that weighs under 5 pounds. It charges 42 cents for each additional pound over 5 pounds. How much (in dollars) will it cost to ship a 47 pound package? 5. 187 pounds of sugar are packaged into boxes each containing pounds of sugar. Each box is then sold for $1.79. How much money is made from selling all the sugar (in dollars)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.