% & Discounts
20% of $150 =
$30
If you earn $10/hr and work 8 hrs, what’s your pay?
$80
Regular $10/hr. Overtime is time-and-a-half. OT rate = ?
$15/hr
Cost $100, markup 20%. Selling price = ?
$120
Solve: x + 8 = 12
x = 4
An $80 jacket is 25% off. Sale Price?
$60
$12/hr
35 hrs =
$420
$12/hr, 5 OT hrs (time-and-a-half). Total OT pay = ?
$90
$50 item marked up 25%, then discounted 10%. Final price = ?
$56.25
Solve: 3x = 18
x = 6
Item is $50, discounted to $42. What is the percent discount?
16%
40 hrs
$15/hr = ?
$600
$15/hr, 8 OT hrs (time-and-a-half). Total pay = ?
$780
Wholesale $200, markup 40%. Selling price = ?
$280
Solve: 2x + 5 = 15
x = 5
A bill is $120. Add 15% tax. Total
$138
$18/hr
37.5 hrs = ?
$675
$20/hr, 4 double-time hrs. Double-time pay = ?
$160
Cost $80, selling price $104. Find markup %.
30%
Solve: 4x – 6 = 10
x = 4
Store raises price from $30 to $45. Find percent increase.
50% Increase
$18/hr × 37.5 hrs = ?
$16/hr
$18/hr, 40 regular hrs + 10 OT hrs (time-and-a-half). Total pay = ?
$990
Selling price is $120 after 25% markup. Find cost.
$96
Solve: 3(x – 4) = 12
x = 8