20783_Problem_solving_Year_6_Number_and_place_value_Using_units_of_measurement

1. Jack’s deli sells 74 kg of fetta cheese
and 42 kg of sun-dried tomatoes each
month. He buys the fetta cheese in
10 kg containers for $96.50 and the
sun-dried tomatoes in 3 kg tins for
$37.00. He then re-packs the cheese
into 250 g tubs that he sells for $4.50
each‚ and the tomatoes into 200 g
tubs which he sells for $4.00 each.
How much profit does he make each
month on fetta cheese?
HOW MUCH?
2. Mal pots tree seedlings for the local forestry group to plant for forest revegetation.
He can be paid by the day or by the number of tree seedlings he pots. He can be
paid $1.15 per seedling‚ or $35.75 per day on weekdays and $47.50 per day on the
weekends. He can usually pot about 285 seedlings per week. If he works from Friday
to Thursday, which is the best payment option and by how much?
3. Brent bought avocados from the market at 8 for $9 and sold them at his fruit shop for 3
for $5. Over the weekend he made a profit of $65. How many avocados did he sell?
4. The hardware shop sells shelving with
brackets and screws and without brackets
and screws. Shelving with brackets and
screws costs $32.50 per shelf. Shelving
without brackets and screws costs $18.00;
brackets cost $2.75 each and screws cost 10
for $1.00. Each shelf needs 3 brackets and
each bracket has 6 screws. If Aaron wants
to put up 3 shelves, which is the cheaper
option and by how much?
5. Beau has 20 cabins he rents to holiday-makers. He bought some new sheets for the
cabins and paid $304 for sheets that cost $19 each. The next day he saw the same
sheets available for $16‚ so he bought twice as many as the day before. How much did
he spend on sheets?
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