Percent Change
You buy a bag of Taki's from the gas station for $2 and sell it to your friend for $3. Find the percent change (the percent that you marked it up).
50%
How many places do we move the decimal when converting between percentages and decimals?
2 places
There is a Black Friday clearance sale for 75% off all jeans at Hollister, what percentage are you paying?
25%
A $45 shirt is bought in Alberta (5% tax). Calculate the final price.
$47.25
After using a 20% off coupon, Henry was able to buy the Barcelona Jersey for $60. What was the original price of the Jersey?
$75
What is the percent change from 5 to 8.
60%
Convert the following percentages to decimals:
10%
34%
107%
0.10 or 0.1
0.34
1.07
The value of a collectible action figure loses 30% of its value as soon as you open the box. What two expressions represent the value of the action figure once the box has been opened.
a) 0.30x
b) x + 0.30x
c) x - 0.30x
d) 0.70x
c) x - 0.30x
d) 0.70x
A $125 game is discounted by 20% and sold in Alberta. Calculate the final price.
$100
After Halloween Walmart is discounting all their candy by 15%. You get a 5 lb bag for $17. What was the original price?
$20
Overtime cars devalue. A car was worth $20,000 when you bought it and now decreased to a value of $16,000. Find percent change.
20%
Convert the following decimals to percentages:
0.08
1.95
0.67
8%
195%
67%
A company makes a profit by marking up all of their items by 175% from the price they buy them at. Which two expressions represents the total price that they sell their items for:
a) 1.75x
b) x + 1.75x
c) x - 1.75x
d) 2.75x
b) x + 1.75x
d) 2.75x
You take an Uber and the ride costs $26. You want to leave your driver a 15% tip. What is the final amount you will pay?
$29.90
$45
The price of a bus ride increased from $2.50 to $3.00. What percent did the ticket increase by?
20%
Write is 200% as a decimal
2.00
One expression that represents how to calculate the total price after an 18% tip is: x + 0.18x
Write an equivalent expression to model this scenario
1.18x
A $65 sweatshirt is on sale for 30% off.
How much money are you going to SAVE?
$19.50
You buy a new Iphone 17 from the Apple store. The sales tax is 8% so you end up paying $66.40 in tax. What is the original price of the phone?
$830
When you first bought your fish tank last year you had 8 fish. Now you have 14 fish in the tank? What was the percent increase from last year to this year?
75%
Write 0.075 as a percentage
7.5%
Write one of the two expressions that represent how to find the total price of an item with an 8% sales tax.
Hint: Use x to represent your Original Price
**Double points if you write both expressions**
x + 0.08x
1.08x
Which is a better deal to buy a Large Pizza.
Papa Johns: $13 with an 8% sales tax applied
Dominos: $15 with a 10% student discount
(Include the name of the shop and the evidence (prices) you used to support your answer)
Dominos is a better deal. The large pizza will cost $13.50, which is cheaper than the $14.04 it will cost at Papa Johns.
Tony makes $96 for 8 hours of work. He just got a 10% raise (pay increase) for his hard work. What is his new hourly rate?
$13.20 per hour