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 60 cents. If she spends $6 on the candy bars and sells them for a total of $7.2, how much will she charge (in cents) for each candy bar? 3. Helen spent $3.84 on the pencils and sold them for a total of $8.16. If 12 pencils cost $0.96 when being bought, how much did she charge (in cents) for each pencil when she sold it? 4. A shipping company charges $2.45 for a package that weighs under 5 pounds. It charges 35 cents for each additional pound over 5 pounds. How much (in dollars) will it cost to ship a 58 pound package? 5. 143 pounds of sugar are packaged into boxes each containing pounds of sugar. Each box is then sold for $1.69. How much money is made from selling all the sugar (in dollars)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.