Consumer Math Decisions

Ashley is a fabulous waitress, and the table of Middle-Schoolers she just served left her a 20% tip! Their bill was $31.99 ... how much tip did they leave?

To solve you will....

• Calculate 20% of the bill and report the tip only

• Calculate 20% of the bill and add the tip to the bill

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Best Buy marks up electronics by 40%. A new 55" flat-screen TV costs Best Buy $130. How much will Best Buy sell the TV for in their stores?

How will you solve this?

• Calculate 40% of the cost to Best Buy ($130), and report the amount of markup

• Calculate the amount of markup and add it to the $130 paid by Best Buy. This is the selling price.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Sender is buying his popcorn snacks from Giant because they are on sale for 30% off. The regular price is $4.99. What is the discount per box Sender will enjoy?

How will you answer this question?

• Calculate 30% of $4.99 and subtract the discount from the regular price.

• Calculate 30% of $4.99 and report this as the discount.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Pedro is buying his girlfriend a box of candy for her birthday. Walmart has Wittman's Samplers on sale for %25 off, and the regular price is $6.99. What is the sale price of the candy before taxes.

How will you solve this problem?

• Calculate 25% of $6.99 and subtract this discount from the regular price ($6.99)

• Calculate 25% of the regular price of $6.99 and report the discount amount.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Popeyes marks up fried chicken by 65%. If a three piece meal costs Popeyes $2.30 to make, how much do they sell the meal for?

How would you answer this question?

• Calculate 65% of $2.30 and report this figure as the markup amount.

• Calculate 65% of $2.30 to determine the markup amount. Then add the markup to $2.30...this is the selling price.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Sales tax in Virginia as 6%. My grocery bill at Giant came to $96.54 before taxes. What is the total bill?

How would you determine the answer?

• Calculate 6% of $96.54 to determine sales tax. Add the tax back to $96.54.

• Calculate 6% of $96.54 and answer with the sales tax amount.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The bill for you and your date at Outback Steak House is $54.35. You decide to tip 20%, then pay with $100. How much is your change?

How would you answer?

• Calculate 20% of $54.35, subtract this from the bill and take your change.

• Calculate 20% of $54.35 and add the tip to the bill. Subtract the total from $100 to determine the change.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Walmart raises it's price for Takis from $4.99 per bag to $5.99 per bag. What is the "new" number we will use in the NOO formula?

• $4.99

• $5.99

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1D

The number of students attending HMS in 2020 was 937. The number of students in 2022 was 871.

Which is the "old" number we will use in the NOO formula?

• 871

• 937

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

See the bar below. If we were interested in knowing the percent change of temperatures from January to December, which would be the "New" value we would use in the NOO formula?

• 60

• 65

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C