Eggs were 19 cents a dozen in 1947
The average cost for a dozen eggs in the US in 1975 was about .75 cents.
The US average price to the farmer was 69.4 cents per dozen.
12 eggs= a dozen
24 eggs are the equivalent of two dozen eggs. A dozen is 12, while a baker's dozen is 13.
Twelve dozen eggs is equal to 144 eggs (since 1 dozen is 12). Half of 144 is 72. In fraction form, half of 12 dozen eggs can be expressed as ( \frac{1}{2} \times 12 ) dozen, which simplifies to 6 dozen eggs. Therefore, half of 12 dozen eggs is 6 dozen, or 72 eggs.
I am reading my grandmother's diary from 1930. They had chickens and she sold her first dozen eggs for 30 cents, on December 4, 1930.
In 1970 a dozen of fresh eggs cost only 62 cents. Therefore, six fresh eggs would have only cost 31 cents in 1970.
13 cents a dozen
a dozen eggs cost 20 cents in the 1970'
The cost of a dozen eggs in 1970 was 62 cents. The cost of a gallon of gas in 1970 was only 36 cents.
The average cost for a dozen eggs in the US in 1975 was about .75 cents.
Rather than ask the cost, it is more meaningful to ask "Wow long did a person have to work to earn enough to buy a dozen eggs?".In the early 1940 the average pay was less than 50 cents an hour. Eggs were about 49 cents/dozen. his means you'd have to work an hour to buy a dozen eggs. In America in 2017 minimum wage is about 8$/hr and eggs about 3$/dozen. You have to work half an hour to buy a dozen eggs.
.99 cents a dozen
.45 cents
About 42 cents.
39 cents
53 cents