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Applications
1. Students will bring in a variety of examples c. To deal with 325 dollars, multiply the
of percents in use. tip for $100 by 3.25.
2. Total cost is 2.99 + 0.21 = $3.20. 7. He saves 20 cents out of 80 cents, or 25%.
3. a. 20% of 1,000 is 200. 8. a. $22.25 = 0.25(6(9.50) + 4(8))
b. 6% of 1,000 is 60. b. Mrs. Delmar will pay 75% of the
original price.
c. 24 is 12% of 200.
c. Total cost = $69.42
4. a. 5% of $13.75 is $.69 tax.
9. $19.96
b. Tip of 15% based on total bill (tax
included) is $2.17, making the total 10. $10
payment equal to $16.61.
11. 25% = 36 − 27
c. Arif should pay $9.81 and Keisha 36
should pay $6.80 (as close as one 35 = 7
12. a.
can get to a solution of 100 20
x + (x + 3) = $16.61 in dollars and
cents). Students might divide the total b. $81.24
($16.61) by two, equaling $8.30 (plus c. $85.31
1 cent). If Arif pays $1.50 more than
his share, plus $1.50 of Keisha’s share, Note: You might want to emphasize the
then Arif ends up paying $9.81 and shortcut to these total cost calculations
Keisha $6.80 ($3 more than Keisha, that finds the tax and adds it to the base
plus 1 cent). price in one multiplication
C + 0.05C = 1.05C. This is a direct
5. a. $29.68 consequence of the Distributive Property.
b. $5.60 tip However, be cautioned that students
even well beyond Grade 6 find this
c. To find a 20% tip, one could reason shortcut to calculations a bit puzzling!
first that 10% is $2.80 and double that
amount, or one could multiply 0.2(28). 13. a. The increase from $4.00 per gallon to
$4.20 per gallon is 5%.
6. a. 15% is 15 per 100, or 15 cents per
100 cents in a dollar. b. The increase from $3.00 per gallon to
$3.75 per gallon is 25%.
b. 20% means 20 per 100 or $.20 per
dollar. c. The decrease from $3.75 per gallon to
$3.00 per gallon is 20%.
Connections
14. 30% done; 70% still to do. 20. This is not possible because the percents
add to more than 100.
15. D
21. 16
16. 2.4 ÷ 0.5 is less than 12 because, with a
larger divisor, the quotient will be smaller. 22. 6
9
17. Multiplying by a smaller number (positive)
makes the result smaller. 23. 6 = 3
18 9
18. a. 0.15
24. 4 = 8 = 12 = 16 etc.
9 18 27 36
b. approximately 23 1 inches tall
2 25. 3 = 6 = 9 = 12 etc.
5 10 15 20
19. H

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2 If one is restricted to whole numbers, the

26. 27. Again, if one is restricted to whole
possibilities are: 1 = 8 , 2 = 8 , 3 = 8 , 4 = 8 , numbers, the possibilities are:
3 24 3 12 3 8 3 6 5
= 1,5 = 2,5 =3,5 =5,5 = 6,
6 = 8 , 8 = 8 , 12 = 8 , 24 = 8 . 90 18 45 18 30 18 18 18 15 18
3 4 3 3 3 2 3 1 5
= 9 , 5 = 10 , 5 = 15 , 5 = 18 , 5 = 30 ,
10 18 9 18 6 18 5 18 3 18
5 45 5 90
= , = .
2 18 1 18

Extensions
28. $5.4625, or approximately $5.47 35. There are many possibilities. Some
29. a. Yes there are four such vertical sides on examples are 3 = 12 = 9 , 3 = 12 = 9 ,
1 4 3 2 8 6
the box (one hidden in the given view).
3 12 9 3 12 9 and 3 12 9
= = , = = , = = .
b. 4(3.75) = 15 feet 3 12 9 4 16 12 5 20 15

c. $13.50 36. Again, there are many possibilities. Some

d. $14.04 examples are 1 = 7 = 2 , 2 = 14 = 4 ,
3 21 6 3 21 6
30. a. 80 cents of local sales tax and $1.60 of 3 21 6 and 4 28 9
= = , = = .
state sales tax 3 21 6 3 21 6

b. The total cost of the jeans is $34.40. 37. Exercises 35 and 36 have many
possibilities. In Exercise 35, if you pick
31. (See Figure 1.) any denominator for the first fraction, you
32. (See Figure 2.) need only use 4 times the denominator
in the second fraction and 3 times the
33. 1 = 3 = 2 denominator in the third fraction. In
3 9 6 Exercise 36, you can pick any numerator
34. 12 = 8 = 4 for the first fraction, then use 7 times the
18 12 6 numerator in the second fraction and twice
the numerator in the third fraction.
38. (See Figure 3.)

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

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39. Answers will vary because students can

create the context and the data.
40. a. $14.85
b. $131.25
41. 3.75 cups
42.a.An increase of 5.86 points over the
original 225.3 points is a percent
increase of 5.86 ≈ 2.6%.
225.3
b. No; the rate of inflation for the coming
year would be 5.86 , which will not
231.16
give the same percent as in part (a).

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