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Example Question #731 : Hspt Mathematics
Berta went shopping for a bathroom curtain. How much did she pay for the curtain if it was off its original price of
First, multiply .
Then, subtract that amount from the original price.
Answer: Berta paid for the curtain.
Example Question #32 : Decimals
Oliver pays for a skateboard. What is the discount percentage he receives if the skateboard originally costs
Divide .
Subtract that amount from to find the discount percentage Oliver received:
Answer: Oliver received a discount on the skateboard.
Example Question #731 : Hspt Mathematics
A computer is on sale for off its original price of What is the sales price of the computer?
First, multiply
Then, subtract that amount from the original price:
Answer: The sales price is
Example Question #732 : Hspt Mathematics
A painting is 37% off of its original price of $200.00. What is the sale price of the painting?
First, multiply:
The, subtract that amount from 200:
Example Question #733 : Hspt Mathematics
A guitar is on sale for 15% off of its original price of $350.00. What is the sales price of the guitar?
First, multiply:
Then, subtract that value from the original amount:
Example Question #142 : Concepts
85 is what percent of 400?
Set up the proportion statement, where is our answer, and solve:
Example Question #734 : Hspt Mathematics
In a class of 120 students, 108 of them decide to attend a field trip. What percent of the students do not attend the field trip?
88%
10%
90%
12%
10%
If 108 students attend the field trip, 12 students do not.
To find the percent of students not attending the field trip, divide the number of students not attending by the total number of students, and then multiply that result by 100%.
Example Question #37 : Decimals
Below is the list of candidates for Student Council president, along with the number of votes each won:
What percent of the students voted for neither Kerry nor Quinn (nearest tenth)?
students total voted. Out of those, voted for a candidate other than Kerry or Quinn. To convert this to a percent, use this proportion and solve for :
Example Question #1589 : Isee Middle Level (Grades 7 8) Mathematics Achievement
A $200.00 cell phone is on sale for 15% off. What is the sales price of the cell phone?
First multiply:
Then, subtract that amount from the original price:
Answer: The cell phone costs $170.00.
Example Question #143 : Concepts
Simplify:
Percent means "per one hundred" or "divided by one hundred". To convert a percentage to a decimal we should move the decimal point two places to the left. So we can write:
So we get: