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Random Math!
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A retail store sells handbags for $250. The cost price of these handbags is $100. How much has the handbag been marked up by?
$150
100
A basketball that originally cost $45 was sold for $20. How much was it marked down by?
$25
100
A pool shop sells pumps for $540. If they cost the shop $400, what is the percentage markup?
35%
100
During a sale, a pair of jeans that cost $60 were sold for $45. What was the percentage markdown?
25%
100
Give an example of a unit rate

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200
A tennis racquet that costs $55 is sold for $119.90. What is the markup on the tennis racquet?
$64.90
200
Troy paid only $50 for a carwash that normally costs $65.90. How much discount did Troy get?
$15.90
200
An aluminium dinghy that cost a boatyard $1200 is sold for $2160. What is the percentage markup?
80%
200
A retail store is having a stocktake sale. Mary paid only $80 for a dress that had a tag price of $120. What was the percentage markdown on the dress?
33.33%
200

What does the graph of a proportional relationship look like?

Straight line through the origin

300
A newsagent works on a markup of 50%. What would the newsagent charge for a magazine that had a cost price of $3.00?
$4.50
300
What was the selling price of a top that costs $68 during a 25% off sale?
$51
300
A laptop that costs an electronics store $850 is sold for $2499. What is the percentage markup?
194%
300
One day before the use-by date, packets of biscuits are marked down to $1.50 each. If the original price was $2.10, what was the percentage markdown?
28.57%
300

Your restaurant bill is $40.50. You leave a 20% tip. How much will you pay in all?

$53.60

400
A hardware shop works on a 72% markup. What would the shop charge for a chainsaw with a cost price of $280?
$481.60
400
During a sale, a retail clothing store sells merchandise at a markdown of 20%. What would a dress that originally cost $240 sell for?
$192
400
An electronics shop buys 100 small resistors for $30 and sells them for 75 cents each. What is the percentage markup?
150%
400
David can purchase fence posts for $1.79 each at his local hardware store. During a sale, he bought 15 posts for $22. What is the percentage markdown did David get?
17.88%
400
Which is the better deal? 30% off of a $50 item or 25% off of a $48 item?

30% off of $50.00

500
A jewellery store works on a markup of 138%. How much do they sell a diamond ring for that costs them $1050?
$2499
500
After a fire, smoke-damaged goods are sold at a markdown of 15% to clear stock. What is the marked price of a tracksuit with an original price of $175?
$148.75
500
A furniture store will sell a three-piece lounge suite, consisting of two chairs and one sofa, for $5000. If the cost price of the chairs was $760 and the cost price of the sofa was $1240, work out the percentage markup on the lounge suite.
81.16%
500
Mary can buy 100 hair ties for $2.50 or she can get a bulk quantity of 500 for $9.50. What is the percentage markdown on the bulk pack of hair ties?
24%
500

Solve: (10 - 2 x 3 + 4/2)2

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