Consumer Math and Percent of Change

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When the price goes down, that item is on _____?

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Sale

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What is the percent of change when the number of dogs decreases from 20 to 5?

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Decrease 75%

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What happens to the length when it increases from 16 meters to 44.2 meters?

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Increase

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Mr. Potter purchased an owl for $87. It was on sale for $65. What was the percent of change?

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25.3%

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Susan buys a $32,000 car and gets a 10% employee discount. How much will she pay for the car?

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$28,800

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What is the formula to calculate percent of change?

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(New Value - Old Value) / Old Value x 100%

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If an item originally costs $50 and is now $40, what is the percent of change?

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Decrease 20%

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What does a percent increase indicate?

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The original value has grown.

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If a store has a sale of 30% off, how do you calculate the sale price?

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Original Price x (1 - 0.30)

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What is the meaning of 'markup' in consumer math?

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The amount added to the cost price to determine the selling price.