2024 Little I Problem solving exam

Use the retail cost of good method of pricing to determine how much a cascade bouquet should be sold for if it contains the following materials. Wholesale prices are given in parentheses.

The profit percentage is 15%, and the markup ratios are 2 to 1 for supplies and hard goods, and 3 to 1 for flowers and foliage. The bouquet should be sold for:

• $89.95

• $82.23

• $89.87

• $85.00

A local Garden Center is running a 15% Off Sale on all bedding flowers. This is the Garden Center sales information: Marigolds $1.75/six-pack; Petunias $2.25/six-pack; Impatiens $2.50/four-pack; and Gerber Daisies at $4.50 each. A customer needs 36 Petunias, 18 Marigolds, 28 Impatiens, and 12 Gerber Daisies. If the sales tax is 5.3%, what is the total cost to the customer?

• A. $95.03

• B. $90.25

• C. $80.78

• D. $79.30

Your FFA chapter is planning to sell One Dozen Red Rose Vases for Valentine's Day to raise funds to attend State Convention. Students want to make $20 profit from each bouquet they sell. The costs are as follows: - Vases $28 for a case of 4 vases - Roses $50 per bunch of 25 stems - Leather Leaf Fern $6 per bunch - Baby's Breath Filler Flower $12 per bunch Your design needs: - 1 Vase - 12 roses - 1/2 bunch fern - 1/2 bunch filler Using the wholesale prices above for the appropriate recipe, determine a retail price point that would allow for the fundraising profit.

• $40

• $75

• $100

• $60

You work for a greenhouse operation. There are five 28 feet X 72 feet greenhouses in your operation. You need to mix some Mavrik pesticide to spray in the greenhouses for control of thrips. You read the label directions and it tells you that this pesticide is labeled for indoor use in greenhouses to control this particular pest. The directions also tell you to mix 3 teaspoons of Mavrik per five gallons of water. You have a 100 gallon sprayer that you will use to apply the pesticide. You also read that 100 gallons of spray will usually cover 20,000 square feet. Of the following answers which one is correct for how many gallons of spray to mix for the five greenhouses and how much pesticide do you mix in the tank to spray:

• 50 gallons of spray mix and 5 ounces of Mavrik

• 100 gallons of spray mix and 5 ounces of Mavrik

• 100 gallons of spray mix and 10 ounces of Mavrik

• 50 gallons of spray mix and 10 ounces of Mavrik

In a 20 pound bag of soluble fertilizer with a 24-8-16 analysis which is the correct answer of how much actual pounds of nutrients are contained in the bag?

Which of the following is correct?

• 3.2 pounds of N, 1.6 pounds of P, 4.8 pounds of K

• 4.8 pounds of N, 1.6 pounds of P, 3.2 pounds of K

• 1.6 pounds of N, 4.8 pounds of P, 3.2 pounds of K

• 24 pounds of N, 8 pounds of P, 16 pounds of K