Tax / Tip / Discounts
Bitsy Bait Shop sells night crawlers for 2 dollars per dozen. Al wants to buy a dozen crawlers and leave a ten percent tip. What is the total with tip?
$2.20
A cookie recipe makes 20 cookies. Delores increases the recipe by 75%. How many cookies can the new batch make?
35 cookies
X is twice as big a y. Write and equation relating the two variables.
x = 2y
y = 1/2x
Santiago measured his pencil at 10 cm. The actual length was 12 cm. What was the percent error is his measurement?
17% error
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
A pack of gum costs $1.00 without tax. Tax is 6%. What is the total with tax?
$1.06
A recipe calls for 8 cups of milk. Ted wants to reduce the recipe by 25%. How much milk will he use?
6 cups
y is 1/3 of x. Write an equation relating the variables.
y = 1/3x
x = 3y
Matthew measured his foot at 11 inches. His foot is actually 9.5 inches. What was his percent error in his measurement?
14 percent
How many holes are on a golf course?
18
A store is running 20 percent off everything. Matthew wants to buy a shirt that is normally 18 dollars. What is the discounted price?
$14.40
A sub sandwich weighs 12 ounces. The deli wants to create a giant portion which is 150% the weight of the original sub. What will the giant portion weigh?
18 ounces.
A recipe for bread calls for 6 cups of flour to 2 cups of sugar. Use F for flour and S for sugar to write an equation relating the variables.
f = 3s
s= 1/3f
Al measured his finger at 13 cm. His finger is actually 11 cm. What was the percent error with his measurement?
15 percent error
What is the worlds longest river?
The amazon
The discounted price with twenty percent off for a hat is 18 dollars, what is the regular price?
$22.50
A batch of macaroni and cheese calls for 5 tablespoons of butter or margarine. Louis only puts in 1 tablespoon because he is watching his fat intake. By what percent did Louis decrease butter?
80 percent decrease.
A store offers 30 percent off of everything. If the regular price is represented by x dollars and the discounted price is represented by y dollars. Write an equation relating the variables.
y= .7x
Diego measured his pencil at 22cm. The real measurement is 23cm. What was his percent error in his measurement?
4 percent error
Where did the olympic games originate?
Greece
You have to pay for a 20 dollar meal. You have a 15% off coupon and then have to pay 7% sales tax after the discount has been applied. What do you pay?
$18.19
Priya made a batch of frogs eye salad. She used 4 cups of mayo and increased the recipe by 300 percent. How much mayo did the original recipe call for?
1 cup
A store wants to run a 40% discount on everything in the store. If x represents the regular price and y represents the discounted, write an equation relating the variables.
y = .6x
Tim measured his bedroom wall with an error of 20 percent too long. If the measurement is actually 12 feet, what did he measure it at?
14.4 feet
What are the three primary colors?
red, yellow, blue