ACT Math › Percentage
To find the sale price for a single item or group of like items, one can use the equation , where
is the discounted price,
is the original price, and
is the percent to be discounted in decimal form.
A pair of headphones normally sells for . If the headphones are on a
-off discount, how expensive are they?
A store buys a new line of dresses for $15.00 each. They increase this price by 40% when they sell the dresses in the store. This week, the dresses are on sale for 20% off. What is the price of one dress this week?
A dress is priced at $375 and a pair of shoes are $150. If they are both on sale for 30% off, what is price of purchasing them both on sale?
Max wants to buy a couch at The Furniture Store. The couch he is considering had been marked on sale for 20% off and was selling for $320. The day he comes in to buy the couch, it has been marked down an additional 40% off of the sale price. What is the difference in the original price of the couch and what Max paid for the couch?
To find the sale price for a single item or group of like items, one can use the equation , where
is the discounted price,
is the original price, and
is the percent to be discounted in decimal form.
A pair of headphones normally sells for . If the headphones are on a
-off discount, how expensive are they?
Max wants to buy a couch at The Furniture Store. The couch he is considering had been marked on sale for 20% off and was selling for $320. The day he comes in to buy the couch, it has been marked down an additional 40% off of the sale price. What is the difference in the original price of the couch and what Max paid for the couch?
To find the sale price for a single item or group of like items, one can use the equation , where
is the discounted price,
is the original price, and
is the percent to be discounted in decimal form.
A pair of headphones normally sells for . If the headphones are on a
-off discount, how expensive are they?
A store buys a new line of dresses for $15.00 each. They increase this price by 40% when they sell the dresses in the store. This week, the dresses are on sale for 20% off. What is the price of one dress this week?
If of a number is
, what is
of the number?
76 eleventh-grade students turned in term papers on the United States Constitution. 3 students failed, 26 students recieved C's, 31 students recieved B's. The remaining students earned A's on their papers.
What percentage of students earned A's on their paper? (Round to the nearest percent.)