Purchase & Sale Problems ( Week 22 Practice)
1. How much (in dollars) do 1000 pieces of chocolate cost if 10 pieces cost $2? 2. Jane can buy a dozen candy bars for 24 cents. If she spends $4.8 on the candy bars and sells them for a total of $24, how much will she charge (in cents) for each candy bar? 3. Anne spent $4.20 on the pencils and sold them for a total of $9.60. If 12 pencils cost $0.84 when being bought, how much did she charge (in cents) for each pencil when she sold it? 4. A shipping company charges $2 for a package that weighs under 3 pounds. It charges 31 cents for each additional pound over 3 pounds. How much (in dollars) will it cost to ship a 56 pound package? 5. 243 pounds of sugar are packaged into boxes each containing pounds of sugar. Each box is then sold for $1.73. How much money is made from selling all the sugar (in dollars)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.