Purchase & Sale Problems ( Week 22 Practice)
1. How much (in dollars) do 1000 pieces of chocolate cost if 10 pieces cost $1? 2. Nancy can buy a dozen candy bars for 36 cents. If she spends $10.8 on the candy bars and sells them for a total of $28.8, how much will she charge (in cents) for each candy bar? 3. Susan spent $1.80 on the pencils and sold them for a total of $5.40. If 12 pencils cost $0.36 when being bought, how much did she charge (in cents) for each pencil when she sold it? 4. A shipping company charges $1.75 for a package that weighs under 5 pounds. It charges 36 cents for each additional pound over 5 pounds. How much (in dollars) will it cost to ship a 53 pound package? 5. 130 pounds of sugar are packaged into boxes each containing pounds of sugar. Each box is then sold for $1.57. How much money is made from selling all the sugar (in dollars)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.