lesson 7.6: markup and discount -...
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Finding
Discount
Objective: Students will calculate
percentages and find the amount of
discount.
Copy these Steps:
Finding Discounts
Step 1: Find the amount of the discount (the percent)
Step 2:Turn the percent into a decimal and Multiply it by
the original price
Step 3: Subtract the discount amount to the original
price.
Finding Discount
You can…
1) Change the percent to a decimal and multiply.
2) Write an equation to find the missing percent.
3) Write a proportion like percent problems
Discount
Discount
When an item is on sale, the store is
selling the item for less, so this is
called discount.
Ex1: You buy a pair of jeans that is 30% off the
original price of $29. What is the sale price of an item?
Find the amount of
the discount:
30% of $29
0.3 x 29
$8.70
Subtract the discount from the original price
$29.00- 8.70 = $20.30
Discount
Discount
Find the amount of
discount
A $36 book is on sale
for $27. What is the
amount of discount?
Find the percent of
discount
What is the percent
of discount for the
book in the problem
before?
$9.00 25%
Discount
1) A $90 coat is on sale for $76.50. What is the
amount of discount?
2) What is the percent of discount for the coat
in problem 1?
3) Find the cost after discount: $85 radio,
10% discount.