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Ear buds cost $20. There is a 5% tax applied. What is the dollar amount of the tax?
Answer=$1
Lois is buying plates for a party. She wants to buy a set of plates. The original cost was $40 but the store gave a 50% discount. What is the sale price?
Answer=$20
The number of students in your class increased from 20 to 23. What is the percent of the increase?
Answer=15%
A show salesman earns a 10% commission on his sales. If he sold $240 worth of shoes this week, what would his commission be?
Answer=$24
The store buys a TV for t dollars. They markup the price by 10%. Write an expression to show the retail price of the tv.
Answer= 1.1t or 1t + .1t
A DVD is $20. What is the total cost of the DVD if you must pay a 5% sales tax?
Answer=$21
Bob is buying a mirror. The original cost of the mirror was m dollars but the store is giving a 10% discount. Write an expression to represent the sale price.
Answer= .90m or 1m - .10m
Rosa ran for 230 minutes last week for her exercise plan. This week she only ran for 150 minutes. What is the percent change?
Answer=35%
A Realtor gets 3% commission for the house he sells. The house was $100,000. How much commission would he have?
Answer=$3000
The store bought a phone for $150, they add a 20% markup. What was the dollar amount of the markup?
Answer=$30
Your dinner bill is $65. If you want to leave a 20% tip, what is the dollar amount of the tip?
Answer=$13
Pops is buying candy for Halloween. It was $15, but the store took off 5%. What was the selling price?
Answer=$14.25
Alex ran a mile in 7 minutes yesterday. Today it took him 8 minutes. What is the percent change?
Answer=14% (increase)
A jewelry salesman earns 4.5% commission. What is the dollar amount of the commission is he has $800 worth of sales?
Answer=$36
The store buys shoes for s dollars. The price was marked up 150%. Write 2 expressions to show the new price (retail price.)
Answer= 1s + 1.5s = 2.5s
A table is $125. What is the total cost of the table when 8% sale tax is added?
Answer=$135
Rosa buys a microwave that is on sale for 68% off. The original price is $95. What is the amount of the discount?
Answer=$64.60
Which of the following show a 20% change? Select all.
a) from 40 to 60 b) from 100 to 80
c) from 20 to 24 d) from 4.5 to 5.4
Answer=b,c,d
Jeff earns $200 a week plus 10% commission on his sales. How much would he earn (total) in a week that he had $450 in sales.
Answer=$245
The store bought a shirt for $7.50. The store marked it up by 45%. What is the selling price? (Be sure to round to the hundredths place)
Answer=$10.88
A DVD is $18. What is the total when there is 6% sale tax?
Answer=$19.08
Justin buys a cellphone that is on sale for 22% off. The original price was c dollars. Write 2 expressions that could be used to find the sale price.
Answer=1c -.22c = .78c
Sam weighed 122.5 pounds before Thanksgiving. He weighed 128.3 pounds after Thanksgiving. What was the percent change in his weight?
Answer=5%
Jim makes $775 a month plus 15% commission on his sales. What would his total earnings be in a month where he had $2360 in sales?
Answer=$1129