Calculating Discounts
1. A jacket was originally priced at $120 but was marked
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as ‘25% off’ during a sale. What is the discount on
the jacket? What will the new sale price be?
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2. In a games shop, a board game that normally sells 3. In a shoe store, a $48 pair of sneakers is
for $25 is marked ‘10% off’. What is the discount marked as ‘Save 25%’. What is the discount?
on the game? What is the new sale price? What is the sale price of the sneakers?
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4. A $12 pencil case is labeled ‘Get a 10% discount’ 5. Two friends want to buy some lollies and are looking
in the stationary shop. What is the discount? for the best deal. One finds a jar for $5 which is marked
What is the sale price of the pencil case? ‘50% off’. The other finds a jar that is usually $3.50
with a discount of 25%. Which jar should they buy?
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6. A restaurant advertised a coupon that reads ‘Get ¼ 7. An electronics shop advertises various discounts depending
off all $12.00 pizzas’. How much would a customer on the number of items purchased. ‘10% off one item’,
save on a pizza? What is the sale price? ‘25% off two or more items ‘and ‘50% off five items’.
How much would you pay for:
a. A computer game marked at $15?
b. A computer game marked at $8 and a
computer game marked at $20?
c. A computer game marked at $8, two
computer games marked at $15 each and two
charging cables marked at $10 each?
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8. A movie theatre is having a sale where if you purchase 9. A customer goes to a large electronics store to buy some
two tickets, which are normally $35, you receive a headphones but then changes their mind. After doing
50% discount. What is the new price of the tickets? some research they discover that if they purchase the
same headphones online they can save 25%. What is the
discount and sale price on a $70 set of headphones?
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1. Discount: $30 Sale Price: $90
10. While shopping for a new bicycle, a customer visits 2. Discount $2.50 Sale Price: $22.50
their local bike shop during a sale weekend. They see 3. Discount: $12 Sale Price: $36
4. Discount: $1.20 Sale Price: $10.80
that the bicycle they want usually sells for $600, but is
5. 1st Jar Discount: $2.50 1st Jar Price: $2.50
marked with a ‘25% off’ sticker. The shopkeeper decides
2nd Jar Discount: $0.88 2nd Jar Price: $2.62
to give the customer an extra 10% off the sale price. 1st Jar is a better sale price.
6. Discount: $3 Sale Price: $9
a. What is the total discount on the bicycle?
7. a) $13.50 b) $21 c) $29
b. What is the new price of the bicycle after the 8. Sale Price: $17.50
extra 10% discount is calculated as well? 9. Discount: $17.50 Sale Price: $52.50
10. a) Discount: $195 b) Sale Price: $405
c. Is this the same as the shopkeeper calculating
c) No, it is not the same as 35% off as the customer is first given a 25%
35% off the bike? Why or why not?
discount ($150) and then an extra 10% off the remaining cost ($135). If the
customer was given a 35% discount, his total discount would be $210.
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