Discount
Kent wants to buy a baseball cap with an original price of "a" dollars. Kent's baseball cap is on sale for 20% off the original price.
Do we add or subtract to find the answer?
Subtract
7.5% as a decimal
.075
What does the E stand for in PEMDAS?
Exponents
What does it mean to estimate an answer?
Calculate the approximate answer, usually to check accuracy.
Zoe uses "c" charms to make 12 bracelets. Each bracelet had 8 charms. How many charms did Zoe use?
96 charms
A bicycle costs $100 and has a 17% discount.
How much money should we subtract from the original price?
$17
Cecelia bought a necklace ofr $7.00. She had to pay 9% tax. How much sales tax did she have to pay?
What is our first PEMDAS step in the following equation:
5 ÷ 6 x 3
Divide
A table measures 4.07 feet wide and 3.58 feet long. If we wanted to estimate the area of the table, what numbers will we multiply? (Hint: Round to the nearest number that will be easier to work with)
DO NOT SOLVE
4 x 4
You have a summer job cleaning pools. You make $50 per pool you clean. You had to pay an initial $150 for supplies before you could start working. Write a linear equation that represents how many pools you have to clean to save $200 dollars.
DO NOT SOLVE
50x - 150 = 200
A company uses x amount of plastic to make bags. The company decreases this amount by 40%.
Write an expression that represents the amount of plastic used after the decrease. (2 possible answers)
x - .4x
or
0.6x
Shaun is the wholesale buyer for a computer store. He purchases laptops wholesale for x dollars and sells them retail at 10% profit.
Write an expression that represents the retail price for the laptops. (2 possible answers)
x + 0.1x
or
1.1x
4 + 36 ÷ 2 ⋅ 52 - 3
451
Jaya is buying a new car that as a price of $28,495. She is required to pay a sales tax that is 6.25% of the car's price. Which estimate is closest to what she might expect to pay for the sales tax?
$1,200
$1,800
$2,200
$1,800
$30,000(.06)
A taxi company charges a flat fee of $3.00 to start a ride and $0.75 per mile. Write a linear expression that represents the amount of money the taxi company charges for a ride based on the number of miles.
DO NOT SOLVE
0.75x + 3
Madison is buying an iPad at Wal-Mart for $239. She has a coupon for 20% off. What is the amount of the discount?
$47.80
Noah wants to leave a 15% tip on a $36.78 dinner bill. What is the cost of his meal, including tip?
$42.30
1/3 x 6(4 + 9 + 12÷2)
38
A farmer harvested a total of 364 pumpkins. The pumpkins had an average weight of 10.9 pounds. Estimate the total weight, in pounds, of the pumpkins the farmer harvested.
(Hint: Round to the nearest THOUSAND)
4,000
Suppose you purchase 3 identical T-shirts and a hat. The hat cost $21 and you spend $60 in all.
Write an equation. DO NOT SOLVE.
3x + 21 = 60
A pair of jeans cost $39.99 at American Eagle. If there is a discount of 30% off, how much will the jeans cost?
$27.99
A computer is on sale for 25% off the original price of $598. An 8% tax is applied after the discount. How much will the computer cost?
$484.38
(5 + 4)2 - (5 + 42)
60
Mr. Thurman's lawn is rectangular and has a width of 92 feet and a length of 147 feet. He is going to cover his entire lawn with grass seed. One bag of grass seed costs $53.47. The grass seed in one bag will cover an area of approximately 5,000 square feet.
Estimate the cost of the bags of grass seed Mr. Thurman will need to cover his lawn. (Find out how many bags he needs and multiply that by the cost of each bag)
$150
Rachel went to a local fair with her friends. She paid $10 for an entrance fee and then $3 for each game she played. If she spent a total of $25, then how many games did rachel play?
5 games
3x + 10 = 25