Answer:
Question 1
Cost per 10,000 Popsicle sticks = $725.20
⇒ Single Popsicle stick = 725.20 ÷ 10000 = $0.07 (nearest cent)
Question 2
Cost per 1,000 motherboards = $8,730
⇒ Cost of Single motherboard = 8730 ÷ 1000 = $8.73
Cost per 10 motherboards = $100
⇒ Cost of Single motherboard = 100 ÷ 10 = $10
Difference = 10 - 8.73 = $1.27
Question 3
Create a table with the cost per 1 unit:
![\begin{array} c \cline{1-4} \sf PART & \sf COST\:PER\:1\:of\:10 & \sf COST\:PER\:1\:of\:1000 & \sf COST\:PER\:1\:of\:10000\\\cline{1-4} \sf Motherboard & \$10.00 & \$8.73 & \$7.04 \\\cline{1-4} \sf Processor & \$5.00 & \$1.25 & \$0.63 \\\cline{1-4} \sf Popsicle & \$0.10 & \$0.09 & \$0.07 \\\cline{1-4} \sf Motor & \$4.50 & \$0.18 & \$0.04 \\\cline{1-4} \sf Sensor & \$6.30 & \$4.54 & \$3.18 \\\cline{1-4} \sf Small\:gear & \$1.00 & \$0.80 & \$0.70 \\\cline{1-4} \end{array}]()
From inspection of the table, the Motor saves the most money per unit when 10,000 is bought, since the difference between the cost of 1 unit is the greatest for this part.
Question 4
Cost of 1100 motherboards
= cost of 1000 + cost of 10 x 10
= 8730 + 100 x 10
= 8730 + 1000
= $9,730
Question 5
Cost of 12050 sensors
= cost of 10000 + cost of 1000 x 2 + cost of 10 x 5
= 31752 + 4536 x 2 + 63 x 5
= 31752 + 9072 + 315
= $41,139