Percents

Percents

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• a is the part of your whole

• p is the percent

• w is the whole

Mr. G's English to Math translation

• "is" means equals

• "of" means multiply

• "what number" means x, or your missing number

Ex. 1: What number is 24% of 50?

Ex 2: 9.5 is what percent of 25?

Ex 3: 39 is 52% of what number?

Discounts vs Markups

Open Ended

What is a discount? What is a markup?

When an item is marked up, a percentage of the original price is added to the original price.​

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​Mark up

​When an item is discounted, ​a percentage of the original price is taken off of the original price.

Discount

​Discounts vs Markups

Multiple Choice

My favorite shirt is now 40% off. If the original price of the shirt was $45, what is the discounted price?

• $40

• $27

• $5

• $18

Multiple Choice

I bought a car for 19,000. The dealer marked up the price by 40%. How much did the dealer buy the car for originally?

• $10,000

• $13,571

• $12,045

• $47,500

Open Ended

Questions for Mr. G?

Type them below.

HW Listed on google classroom

It is through easel, the program we used yesterday. Hit "turn in" when finished.