Snowmachine. One snowmachine dealer offers a snowmachine for $5,500. Another one offers the same machine for $5,700, but he pays the freight.
Which is the better deal if the machine weighs 600 lbs and freight is $.72/lb? ____________
Boat. Freight to the bush is cubed for all items over 16'. Frank wants an 18' aluminum boat that weighs 270 lbs.
The standard freight rate is $.56/lb. the cubed rate is 150% of the standard rate.
What is the total freight cost on his 18' boat? _______________
Groceries. Parcel post to Frank's village averages $.16/lb. He gets 380 lbs of groceries to ship home. How much will it cost him to mail them? _____________
He can take 70 lbs as baggage on the plane home. How much will that save him? ____________.
Gasoline. There are two ways to bring gas into the village:
Barge and flying it in.
Barge gas is $2.70 a gallon. Gas flown in is $3.25 a gallon. How much cheaper per gallon is barge gas? ____________
Frank wants to build a new tank so he can get all his gas from the barge.
The tank is $700 landed in his village. How much gas will he have to purchase at $2.70 to pay for the tank? ___________
If he uses 12 drums a year, how many years will that take? (Say a drum = 50 gallons)____________
HASMAT. Frank wants to ship a battery home. The freighting outfit wants $.55/lb plus $15 for a crate, plus $25 HASMAT fee. How much will it cost him to ship his battery? ___________
A local air taxi said he would haul it for $.70/lb. with no crate and no HASMAT fee. How much would this be? _______
If the battery weighs 45 lbs, which way is cheaper? _________
