Example 1. The price of a skateboard is reduced 20% for the spring sale.

It is then
marked up 20%. What frac?on represents the new price compared to the
original?

Example 2. Two consecu?ve discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single
discount of:

Example 3. Successive discounts of 20%, 10%, and 50% would be equivalent to a

single discount of t %. What is the value of t?

Example 4. Over the past 4-year period the price of sugar reflected the following
consecu?ve changes: 25% increase the 1st year, 25% increase the 2nd year, 20%
decrease the 3rd year and a 10% decrease the 4th year. What is the ra?o of the
price of sugar today to that of 4 years ago?

Example 5. Alex bought a pair of roller blades for $100 and sold them to Bob for a
10% profit. Bob then sold the roller blades back to Alex for 10% loss. Alex then
sold the roller blades to Cathy for $100. What percent profit did Alex earn on the
original $100?
Example 6. Betsy is using part of the money she earned on her weekend job to
buy several equally-priced T-Shirts. She used one sixth of her money to buy one
fourth of the T-Shirts. What frac?on of her money will she have leU aUer she buys
all the T-Shirts?

Example 7. Last year Mr. John received an inheritance $57500. He paid 20% in
federal taxes on the inheritance, and pad 10% of what he had leU in state taxes.
How many dollars on the inheritance leU for him?

Example 8. Helen compares the price of a new computer at two different stores.
Store A offers 20% off the s?cker price followed by a $180 rebate, and store B
offers 35% off the same s?cker price with no rebate. Helen saves $30 by buying
computer. What is the s?cker price of the computer in dollars?

Example 9. Last year the price of gasoline rose by 25% during June, fell by 20%
during July, rose by 25% during August, and fell by x % during September. The
price of gasoline at the end of September was the same as it had been at the
beginning of June. Find the value of x.
Example 10. Emma enjoys dinner at a restaurant in San Francisco, where the sales
tax on meals is 8.5%. She leaves a 20% ?p on the price of her meal before the
sales tax is added, and the tax is calculated on the pre-?p amount. She spends a
total of $28.27 for dinner. What is the cost of her dinner without tax or ?p?

Example 11. On a math contest, 15% of the students got 70 points, 30% got 80
points, 20% got 85 points, 15% got 90 points, and the rest got 95 points. What is
the difference between the median and the mean score on this exam?

Example 12. On a geometry quiz, 10% of the students scored 70 points, 25%
scored 80 points, 40% scored 90 points, and the rest scored 100 points. Find the
difference between the mean and the median of the students' scores on this quiz.

Example 13. A math teacher gave an algebra test to her class in which 20% of the
students are juniors and 80% are seniors. The average score on the test was 88.
The juniors all received the same score, and the average score of the seniors was
90. What score did each of the juniors receive on the test?
Example 14. At Awesome Summer Camp, 60% of the children play tennis, 30% of
the children play badminton, and 40% of the tennis players play badminton. To
the nearest whole percent, what percent of the non-badminton players play
tennis?

Example 15. (AMC 10B) At the beginning of the school year, 50% of all students in
Mr. Wells' math class answered "Yes" to the ques?on "Do you love math", and
50% answered "No". At the end of the school year, 70% answered "Yes" and
30% answered "No". Altogether, *% of the students gave a different answer at the
beginning and end of the school year. What is the difference between the
maximum and the minimum possible values of x?

Example 16. Michael ahempted only three-point shots and two-point shots in a
basketball game. He was successful on 30% of his three-point shots and 45% of his
two-point shots. Michael ahempted 40 shots. How many points did he score?
Example 17. A bag ini?ally contains red marbles and blue marbles only, with
more blue than red. Red marbles are added to the bag un?l only ¼ of the marbles
in the bag are blue. Then yellow marbles are added to the bag un?l only 1/6
of the marbles in the bag are blue. Finally, the number of blue marbles in the bag
is tripled. What frac?on of the marbles now in the bag are blue?

Example 18. A flower bouquet contains pink roses, red roses, pink carna?ons, and
red carna?ons. One third of the pink flowers are roses, three fourths of the red
flowers are carna?ons, and six tenths of the flowers are pink. What percent of the
flowers are carna?ons?

Example 19. A company sells peanut buher in cylindrical jars. Marke?ng research
suggests that using shorter jars will increase sales. Suppose that the height of the
jars is decreased by 36% without altering the volume. By what percent must the
radius be increased?
Example 20. A carton contains milk that is 4% fat, an amount that is 45% less far
than the amount contained in a carton of whole milk. What is the percentage of
fat in whole milk?