Calculating Discounts

You can calculate a discount two ways. Either through division, using fractions of a
whole, or through multiplication using a decimal. In this worksheet, we will be
talking about multiplication.
$10 If you are given a discount, the first thing you will need to do is convert
the percentage into a decimal. Once that is done, to find the

-20%
0 discount, you only need to multiply the original price
by the decimal.
In this example, the item was originally $100, $ 100
and it has a discount of 20%, x 0.20
so the equation will look like this.
$ 20
Try and calculate the discounts for the following prices. Show your work.
1. $100 save 40% 6. $60 - 40%

2. $20 save 50% 7. 20% off $80

3. $50 save 10% 8. 30% less than 200

4. $10 save 25% 9. 45% off $20

5. $40 save 30% 10. Save 75% off $500

 Calculating Discounts
You can calculate a discount two ways. Either through division, using fractions of a
whole, or through multiplication using a decimal. In this worksheet, we will be
talking about multiplication.
$10 If you are given a discount, the first thing you will need to do is convert
the percentage into a decimal. Once that is done, to find the

-20%
0 discount, you only need to multiply the original price
by the decimal.
In this example, the item was originally $100, $ 100
and it has a discount of 20%, x 0.20
so the equation will look like this.
$ 20
Try and calculate the discounts for the following prices. Show your work.
1. $100 save 40% 6. 60 - 40%

$40 24

2. $20 save 50% 7. 20% off $80

$10 $16

3. $50 save 10% 8. 30% less than 200

140
$5

4. $10 save 25% 9. 45% off $20

$2.50 $9

5. $40 save 30% 10. Save 75% off $500

$12 $375

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