Year 6 - Percentages & Fractions

2.7 Discounts

Example #1

A DVD player normally costs $22. This week is it on sale for 25% off the original price. What is the sale price of the DVD?

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a.) A shirt is regularly priced at $42. It is on sale for 15% off of the regular price. What is the sale price of the shirt?

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a.) A shirt is regularly priced at $42. It is on sale for 15% off. What is the new sale price?

• Method #1: Take 42(0.15) = $6.30; that is your discount so subtract $42.00 - $6.30 = $35.70

• Method #2: 100% - 15% = 85%; then take 42(0.85) = $35.70

Multiple Choice

You want to buy a shirt.  The original price was $27, and the sale says 25% off.  How much will pay for the shirt?

• 0.25
• 33.75
• 6.75
• 20.25

Multiple Choice

You want to buy some groceries.  There is a coupon that offers a 15% discount on your total bill.  Your bill comes to $76.  How much will you pay for your groceries?

• $11.40
• $0.15
• $64.60
• $77.40

Multiple Choice

A furniture store had a chair that cost $42. After a few months, the owner put it on sale for 20% off. How much is the chair now?

• $33.60

• $50.40

• $8.40

• $39.20

Multiple Choice

A video game was $46. This weekend, the game is on sale for 11% off. How much is the game this weekend?

• $5.06

• $51.06

• $40.94

• $43.11

Multiple Choice

Bianca ordered a shirt online that cost her $40. The package arrived late so the seller gave her a 16% discount. How much did she end up paying for the shirt?

• $46.40

• $33.60

• $6.40

• $16

Multiple Choice

You find the perfect jacket on sale. The original price is $50.41. But it is on sale for 69% off. How much will the jacket cost?

Subtract from total

• $35.78

• $15.63

• $85.19

• $34.22

Multiple Choice

Write 11/25 as a percent

• 11%
• 44%
• 22%
• 55%

Multiple Choice

25% as a fraction in its simplest form.

• 0.25
• 1/4
• 2/5
• 25/100

Multiple Choice

0.1 as a percent

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1/10

Multiple Choice

Convert ³/₄ to percent

• 75%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

What is 25% of 500

• 100

• 125

• 225

• 250

Multiple Choice

What is 10% of 730?

• 73

• 7300

• 350

• 735

Multiple Choice

At a birthday party 40% of the children had an ice-cream. 150 children attended the party. How many had an ice-cream?

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

Multiple Choice

change .3 to a percent

• 3%
• 30%
• 300%
• .30%

Multiple Choice

Find 25% of 200

• 25
• 50
• 100
• 5

Multiple Choice

Change .04 to a percent

• 40%
• 400%
• 4%
• .4%

Multiple Choice

Change 247% to a decimal

• 24.7
• 2.47
• .247
• .0247

Multiple Choice

Convert the following fraction into a decimal.

24/48

• 24.48

• 2.4

• 0.5

• 2.0

Multiple Choice

What percent of 50 is 20?

• 40%
• 25%
• 2.5%
• 4%

Multiple Choice

Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $1.40
• $6
• $0.60
• $14

Multiple Choice

20% of the students in Mr. Royal's classroom are 12 years old.  If there are 15 students in the classroom, how many students are 12 years old? 

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Bill is in a class of 15 boys and 35 girls. 40% of the students in the class take the bus to school. How many students do not take the bus to school?

• 15
• 20
• 30
• 35

Multiple Choice

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

Multiple Choice

What is the percent of the shaded portion of the figure??

• 20 %
• 60%
• 80%
• .60%

Multiple Choice

find 50% of 180

• 9
• .9
• 90
• 900

Multiple Choice

Eric earned 60 points on his last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was his percent grade?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%