Name: _____________ Date: _____________ Period: _____________
Word Problem The retail price of a new TV is $600. The discount is 25% and tax is 7%. How much do you pay for the TV?
Answer the following questions and they will lead you to the solution: 1)
What are you buying? ________________
2)
What is the retail price? _______
3)
What percent is the discount? ___________
4)
Calculate the discount. First, First, divide the original price by 100 to find 1%. Second, Second, multiply 1% by the discount.
5)
What is the discount? ___________
6)
Subtract the discount from the original price.
7)
What is the discount price? __________
8)
What is the tax? _______
9)
Calculate the tax. First, First, divide the discounted discounted price price by 100 to find 1%. Second, Second, multiply 1% by the tax.
10)
What is the tax? ___________
11) Add tax to to the discounted discounted price. 12)
What is the final price? __________
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ANSWER KEY
Word Problem The retail price of a new TV is $600. The discount is 25% and tax is 7%. How much do you pay for the TV?
Answer the following questions and they will lead you to the solution: 1)
What are you buying? a TV
2)
What is the retail price? $600
3)
What percent is the discount? 25%
4)
Calculate the discount. First, divide the original price by 100 to find 1%.
600 ÷ 100 = 6
Second, multiply 1% by the discount.
6 x 25 = 150
5)
What is the discount? $150
6)
Subtract the discount from the original price.
7)
What is the discount price? $450
8)
What is the tax? 7%
9)
Calculate the tax.
600 – 150 = 450
First, divide the discounted price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the tax. 10)
450 ÷ 100 = 4.5
4.5 x 7 = 31.5
What is the tax? $31.50
11) Add tax to the discounted price. 450 + 31.50 = 483.50 12)
What is the final price? $483.50 Check out my webpage: www.supermathunits.com/
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Name: _____________ Date: _____________ Period: _____________
Word Problem The retail price of a computer is $900. The discount is 15% and tax is 6%. How much do you pay for the computer?
Answer the following questions and they will lead you to the solution: 1)
What are you buying? ________________
2)
What is the retail price? _______
3)
What percent is the discount? ___________
4)
Calculate the discount. First, divide the original price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the discount.
5)
What is the discount? ___________
6)
Subtract the discount from the original price.
7)
What is the discount price? __________
8)
What is the tax? _______
9)
Calculate the tax. First, divide the discounted price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the tax.
10)
What is the tax? ___________
11) Add tax to the discounted price. 12)
What is the final price? __________
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ANSWER KEY
Word Problem The retail price of a computer is $900. The discount is 15% and tax is 6%. How much do you pay for the computer?
Answer the following questions and they will lead you to the solution: 1)
What are you buying? a computer
2)
What is the retail price? $900
3)
What percent is the discount? 15%
4)
Calculate the discount. First, divide the original price by 100 to find 1%.
900 ÷ 100 = 9
Second, multiply 1% by the discount.
9 x 15 = 135
5)
What is the discount? $135
6)
Subtract the discount from the original price.
7)
What is the discount price? $765
8)
What is the tax? 6%
9)
Calculate the tax.
900 – 135 = 765
First, divide the discounted price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the tax. 10)
765 ÷ 100 =7.65
7.65 x 6 = 45.9
What is the tax? $45.90
11) Add tax to the discounted price. 765 + 45.90 = 810.90 12)
What is the final price? $810.90
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Name: _____________ Date: _____________ Period: _____________
Discount and Tax The retail price of a _________________ is $_________. The discount is ______ and tax is _________. How much do you pay for the computer?
Answer the following questions and they will lead you to the solution: 1)
What are you buying? ________________
2)
What is the retail price? _______
3)
What percent is the discount? ___________
4)
Calculate the discount. First, divide the original price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the discount.
5)
What is the discount? ___________
6)
Subtract the discount from the original price.
7)
What is the discount price? __________
8)
What is the tax? _______
9)
Calculate the tax. First, divide the discounted price by 100 to find 1%. Second, multiply 1% by the tax.
10)
What is the tax? ___________
11) Add tax to the discounted price. 12)
What is the final price? __________
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