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Think about eggs

Where do eggs come from?
What are eggs used for?
Where can you get eggs?
How are they packaged?

George and Janelle noticed that the price of eggs in their local shop was $4.80
for a carton of one dozen. This made them think and talk about lots of things,
including a way to make some extra pocket money.

Show your working

for each problem.

Discuss with your teacher how many eggs there are in one dozen and half a
dozen.
1. One dozen eggs cost $4.80.
a) Calculate the cost of half a dozen eggs.

b) Estimate the cost of three dozen eggs.

c) Calculate the cost of three dozen eggs.

d) Calculate the cost of just one egg.

2. Explain why $20 is a reasonable estimate for the cost of four dozen eggs.

Making egg-stra pocket money

3. George and Janelle decide to keep hens and sell their eggs.
Eggs-actly how
much money
can we make?
$$$

They buy six hens.

Each hen lays one egg per day.
a) How many eggs will they lay in one week?

b) How many eggs will they lay in one year?

(Hint: There are 365 days in one year.)

George and Janelle sell hen eggs for 35c each.

They also sell eggs by the dozen at a cost of 35c for each egg.
c) How much will they sell one dozen eggs for?

d) How much income would George and Janelle

collect if they sold all of the eggs laid in one week?

e) Calculate the total income George and Janelle will collect in one year, by using their weekly income. (Hint:
there are 52 weeks in a year.)

George and Janelle need to build a pen for the chickens and feed them every day.
Laying hens

$5.00 each

Bag of chicken feed $10.50 (one bag feeds 6 hens for 13 weeks)

Chicken wire

$1.25 per metre

Fence poles

$3.50 each

Nesting box

$15.00

4. This is a diagram of the chicken pen. Work out how much it will cost to build. Include the cost of the
nesting box in your calculations. Record the total cost.

5. George and Janelle need to feed the hens.

a) How many bags of chicken feed are needed to
feed the hens for one year?

b) What is the total cost of chicken feed for one

year?

6. Create a simple financial plan by using the table below. The information from the previous
questions will help you. Two items have already been started.
Items

Income

Income from the sale of eggs in one year

Cost of a nesting box and pen

7. Calculate the total expenditure for George and Janelles idea for one year.

Expenditure

8. Calculate George and Janelles profit for one year.

9. Choose one of the items you entered in the table from Question 6 and explain why you put it in the
financial plan. Explain how you chose whether to enter the amount in the Income or the
Expenditure column.

10. Propose a strategy George and Janelle could use to double their profit with this project.

11. Justify why your strategy in Question 10 might double the profit.