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Application with Percents
Discounted Sale Price and Sales Tax
Warm up
1.
2.
A $179.00 chair is on sale for 30% off.
How much can I save if I buy it now?
A school receives 56% of the total sale
at the end of a fund-raiser. If a fundraiser makes $564,000, how much
money does the school receive?
Discounted Sale Price
To find the discounted sale price, you must
go one step further than the warm up.
Ex. A $74.00 chair is on sale for 25% off.
How much will it cost if I buy it now?
What is the difference between our
example and the warm up question?
Discounted Sale Price
1. A $74.00 chair is on sale for 25% off.
Step 1: Change 25% to a decimal
Step 2: ORIGINAL PRICE
x % DISCOUNT
SAVINGS
Step 3:
0.25
$74.00
x 0.25
$18.50
ORIGINAL PRICE $74.00
SAVINGS
- $18.50
SALE PRICE $55.50
Discounted Sale Price
2. Find the sale price of a pen that costs $1.50 that
is discounted 20%.
Step 1: Change 20% to a decimal
0.2
Step 2: ORIGINAL PRICE
x % DISCOUNT
SAVINGS
Step 3:
ORIGINAL PRICE
SAVINGS
SALE PRICE
$1.50
x 0.2
$0.30
$1.50
- $0.30
$1.20
Discounted Sale Price – Your turn
3.
A recliner regularly costs $325 and is on
sale for 25% off. What is the sale price
of the recliner?
$243.75
Discounted Sale Price – Last one
4.
A $14 blanket is on sale for 10%. What
is the new cost of the blanket?
$12.60
Sales Tax

Sales tax is paid by the customer at the
point of purchase. The tax amount is
calculated by multiplying the rate of sales
tax by the amount purchased.
COST
x % TAX
SALES TAX
Sales Tax Continued ….

To find the total cost …
COST
+ SALES TAX
TOTAL COST
Sales Tax Examples
1.
Mary buys jeans at the mall for $42. The
mall charges a sales tax of $7%. How
much is the sales tax? What is the total
cost?
COST
42
x % TAX x .07
SALES TAX $2.94
COST
42.00
+ SALES TAX + 2.94
TOTAL COST $44.94
Sales Tax
2.
Bob purchased a truck for $17,495. The
sales tax is 6%. How much is the sales
tax? What is the total cost?
Sales Tax: $1,049.70
Total:
$18,544.70
Sales Tax – Last one
3.
Bob had the replace the tires on his new
truck. The tires cost $105.80 for all 4.
He also had to pay 10% sales tax. How
much did he pay in sales tax. What was
the total cost?
Sales Tax: $10.58
Total Cost: $ 116.38