Tax & Discount Sale
Percents, Decimals, or Fractions
Interest
Percent of a Number
Challenging ones
100
A price of a shirt is $9.50 if the discount is 10 %. Find the sale price of the shirt.
$8.55
100
what is the percent of 2/5?
40%
100
What is the equation you use to solve simple interest problems?
Interest = principal X interest rate X time in years I = P X R X T
100
12% of 25
3
100
95% of what number is 27? (round answer to nearest tenth)
28.4
200
If you went to dinner with your family and the check was $89 and the tax was 6%. How much would you pay after tax?
$94.34
200
what is the decimal of 175%?
1.75
200
What is the time measured in, in the equation of simple interest?
years
200
90% of 450.
405
200
A jacket is on sale at 20% discount. Its original price is $90. Sales Tax is 6%. What will Martha pay, including the tax, for the jacket?
$76.32
300
If you wanted a pair of shorts that cost $14.10 and the tax was 4.25%. How much would you pay in all?
$14.70
300
What is the percent 1.5?
150%
300
Katie opened a savings account that earns 10% annual interest. How much interest will 1,000 earn in a year?
$100
300
What percent of 9 is 7?
77 7/9% or 77.7%
300
Of the 90 people surveyed in a mall, 40 had shopped in a department store and 81 had shopped in a specialty store. How much had shopped in both?
31 people
400
If your favorite store was having a sale where they took 33 1/3 % off every item. You picked out a shirt for $16.45. How much would it cost you?
$10.97
400
What is the percent 1/40 ?
2.5%
400
Mr. Goldstein has $245.78 in a savings account. The interest rate is 4.6% per year. How much interest will he earn in 3 months?
$2.83
400
16.4 is what percent of 400?
4.1%
400
Some of the 35 full time workers in a clothing store work during holidays. The store needs 50 workers during the holidays, so it hires 25 clerks for holidays only. How many full time employees work during the holidays?
25 full time people
500
Hans buys a print of Van Gogh's Haystack for 35% off. The original price with the frame was $230. What does Hans pay if the sales tax is 6%?
$158.47
500
What is fraction and the decimal of 25%?
.25 and 1/4
500
Matt has $105 in a savings account that earns 4.5% annual interest. How much will he have in his account at the end of 8 months?
$108.15
500
26 is 58% of what number?
44.8
500
A rug priced at $135 is on sale at a 35% discount. The tax is 6 %. What is the cost after the discount and the tax?
$93.02