Discount
One Quantity as a Percentage of Another Quantity
Increase and decrease using multipliers
Percentage change
100

A $40 purchase has a discount of 25%.  Find the discount.

What's $10?

100

There are 25 girls, 18 boys, and 7 adults on a bus. What percentage of the people on the bus are adults?

14% of the people are adults

100

What multiplier should you use to increase an amount 40%?

1.4

100

What's the percent of change formula?

What's change/original x 100?

200

This is the sale price for an item regularly $65 with a 15% discount.

What is $55.25?

200

Ben, Ming, and Samy shared $180. Ben received $45, Ming received $63, and Samy received the rest. What percentage of the money did Samy receive?

She received $72 or 40% of the money.

200

What multiplier should you use to decrease an amount 30%?

0.7

200

If the price of a pair of shoes originally costed $50, and now they're selling for $100, find the percent of change.

What's 100% increase?

300

A $400 purchase has a discount of 10%.  Find the price of the purchase before tax.

What's $360?

300

Duncan had $800 and spent $480 on a television set . What percentage of his money did he spend on the television set?

He spent 60% of his money on the television set.

300

Sam wants to increase his savings by 30%. He currently has 240 rial in his savings. How much will he have after the increase?

312

300

If the meal costed $6.50 in 2020, and now it costs $8.75, find the percent of change.  

What's a 34.6% increase?

400

The percent of discount on an item that was $68 and is now $40.80.

What is 40%?

400

The average lion eats 25 pounds of food every 5 days. How many pounds of food does it eat every day?

5 pounds

400

Julia wants to decrease her screen time by 60%. She currently spends 6 hours a day on her screen.
How much time will she spend after decreasing her screen time by 60%?

2.4 hours = 144 min= 2 hours and 24 min.

400

If a purchase normally costs $80, but right now it's on sale for $40, find the percent of change.  

What's a 50% decrease?

500

A $80 pair of shoes has a discount of 20% and tax of 7%.  Find the final sale price.  

What's $68.48?

500

400 students were asked to choose their favorite games. 26% of them chose baseball, 12% basketball, 10% volleyball, and the rest chose soccer. How many students chose soccer?

208

500

Mark wants to decrease his loan by paying off 10% each month for the next 2 months. He currently has 400 rial of debt. How much will he have left to pay off after the two months?

324 rial

500

If a purchase normally costs $180, but it increased to now it's on sale for $200, find the percent of change.

What's an 11.1% increase?

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