Percents
How do you write 80 percent as a decimal and a fraction.
0.8 and 80/100 or 8/10
What is a tax?
An extra little bit of money that you add to the price of something.
What is a discount?
A certain amount of money that is taken away from the price of something. The amount we save.
Which fraction is not equivalent
4/10 2/5 12/20
12/20
17/100 = x/55
Is the 55 the whole or the part? How do you know?
Whole. because it is on the bottom with the 100 which is the whole percent.
If I am paying a 22% tax, what number goes above the 100 and why?
( )/100
122 because you are paying all of something with the extra tax on top.
If I have a 25% off coupon. What percent do I save and what percent do I pay?
25% saved
75% payed
Which digit is in the thousanths place?
9876.5432
3
What is 25% of 300?
75
How much do I pay if there is a 15% tax on a $50 pair of sunglasses?
$57.50
A speaker costs $250 but it was on sale for $150. What percent did I pay and what percent did I save?
60% payed
40% saved
-14+22
-8
24 is 75% of what number
32
If I paid $99 after taxes on a microwave that cost $90 before taxes. What percent tax did I pay?
10%
A water bottle costs $20, but I have a 30% off coupon. What do I pay after I use the coupon?
$14
Simplify the fraction:
24/30
4/5
47 is what percent of 145. Round to the nearest tenth.
32.4%
After the 12% tax I payed $140. How much did it cost BEFORE tax?
$125
I want to buy a pair of headphones for $75. I have two types of coupons. One is a $25 off coupon while the other is a 35% off coupon. Which coupon should I use to get the better buy?
35% off coupon because I spend $48.75 instead of $50 with the other coupon
Round 162.457 to the nearest hundreth.
162.46