Sales and Tax
A store is having a 15% discount.
The regular price of a shoe is $120. What is the discount price?
$102
Sarah sells cars and earns 8% commission. Last month, she sold $100,000 worth of cars. How much was her commission?
$8,000
A car is x inches long. A truck is 90% longer. Write an equation that represents this situation.
(hint: y=kx)
y=1.9x or 1.90x
Dan measured a desk's width to be 32 inches. It's actual width is 35 inches. What is the percent error?
Round to the nearest tenth.
8.6% error
A store bought a pair of shoes for $80. They sold them to a customer for $130. What percentage was the markup?
62.5% or 63% markup
A store is having a 40% discount sale.
If the regular price of an item is x dollars, what is the discount price in dollars?
(hint: equation only)
0.60x or 0.6x
Melissa earns 13% commission at her job. She sold $200,000 worth of jewelry last year. How much did she earn in commission?
$26,000
Sarah is 45 inches tall. Rebecca is 22% taller. How many inches tall is Rebecca?
54.9 inches or 55 inches
Anna thought it was 72 degrees Fahrenheit outside. It is actually 50 degrees Fahrenheit outside. What is the percent error?
44% error
Laura earns $15 an hour at her job. She is getting a 7% increase. What will she be making per hour?
$16.05 an hour
A store is having a 25% discount.
The discount price of a hat is $30. What is the regular price?
$40
Roberto earns commissio selling shoes. He sold $5000 worth of shoes last week. He was paid $650 in commission. What is his commission rate?
13%
Bob moved into a different house. He used to live 12 miles from school. Now his distance to school decreased by 45%. How far away does he live now?
He now lives 6.6 miles from school.
Mike's goal was to make 20 free throws. He actually only made 5. What was his percent error?
75% error
Joe earns 2.5% commission. He wants to find out how much commission he earns after selling $3000 worth of shoes. But, he doesn't know what decimal to use. What decimal should he use for 2.5%?
A store is having a 40% discount sale.
The discount price of a shoe is $80. What is the regular price of the shoe?
Mike sells shoes and earns commission. Last month he sold $12,500 worth of shoes. He earned $2,250 in commission. What is his commission rate?
18%
A pair of Nike shoes appreciated 30% since last year. Last year, they cost $180. How much do they cost now?
$234
A watermelon weighs 8,475 grams. A broken scale is weighing with a 12% error under the actual weight.
How heavy is the watermelon on the broken scale?
7458 grams
Hannah runs 3/4 mile in 1/10 of an hour. What is her speed in mph?
7.5 mph
Max is paying for a $30 meal. He has a 15% off coupon. After the discount, a 6% sales tax is applied.
What is the final cost of the meal?
$27.03
Rob earns 9% commission. This month he earned $550 in commission from his sales. What was his total sales amount?
$6,111
Ashley bought a car last year for $28, 500. It has depreciated 15% in just one year. What is the car worth now?
$24,225
The crowd at a sporting event is estimated to be 3,000 people. The exact attendance is 2,486 people. What is the percent error?
21% error
George has a recipe for chocolate pudding. He needs to use 9 1/3 cups of chocolate (c) for every 5 servings of pudding (s).
Write an equation that represents the relationship between s and c.
s=0.54c
or
s=15/28c