Percent Vocabulary/Problems

A tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

• Gratuity/Tip

• Mark-Up

• Percent Proportion

• Sales Tax

A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service (waiters, hairdressers)

• Calculating the Part

• Mark-Down

• Gratuity/Tip

• Calculating the Whole

A fee paid based on a percentage of the sale made by an employee or agent, as distinguished from regular payments of wages or salary

• Commission

• Calculating the Whole

• Mark-Up

• Percent Proportion

To deduct or subtract from a cost or price (short-term)

• Commission

• Sales Tax

• Discount

• Mark-Up

An amount added to the cost price of goods to cover overhead and profit.

• Discount

• Finding the Whole

• Mark-Down

• Mark-Up

A personal tax collected on annual income

• Finding the Part

• Income Tax

• Commission

• Discount

A reduction from the original selling price (long term)

• Mark-Down

• Sales Tax

• Gratuity/Tip

• Income Tax

An equation used to calculate percent problems part/whole = % Number/100

• Finding the Part

• Finding the Whole

• Percent Proportion

• Finding the Percent

x/whole = % number/100

• Finding the Part

• Finding the Whole

• Percent Proportion

• Finding the Percent

part/x = % number/100

• Finding the Part

• Finding the Whole

• Percent Proportion

• Finding the Percent