SAT Math : Sale Prices
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Example Question #1201 : Sat Mathematics
Margaret has been given a gift card with $150 worth of credit on it. She wants to spend it at the store where her father works, because she will get a 12 1/2 % employee's family discount. Also, the sales tax at the store is 8%.
The price tag on a pair of shoes that she wants to buy there says $200.00. If Margaret decides to buy the shoes and use the credit on her gift card, how much will she have to pay out of her own pocket?
Margaret is getting a 12 1/2 %, or 12.5 %, discount off a $200 pair of shoes; this is
Subtract this discount from the price of the shoes; Margaret will pay
excluding sales tax.
8% of this price is
which, when added to the price, yields
Margaret has $150 of credit on her gift card, so she will pay
out of her own pocket.
Example Question #328 : Arithmetic
A two-liter bottle of Zippy Zuppy soda costs $1.49. However, as part of a promotion to mark its ninth anniversary, if nine or more bottles are purchased, the store is offering a savings of 19%.
Jerry purchases two two-liter bottles each of Zippy Zuppy cola, Zippy Zuppy strawberry soda, Zippy Zuppy grape soda, and Zippy Zuppy orange soda. After a sales tax of 5.5%, how much will Jerry pay for the soda (nearest cent)?
Jerry is purchasing 
The sales tax is 5.5% of this, or
Add this:
which is what Jerry will pay.
Example Question #329 : Arithmetic
The price of a coffeemaker has been marked down 20% for a clearance sale. Tom buys the coffeemaker with a $10.00 coupon and pays $134.44. Give the price of the coffeemaker before the markdown and excluding the coupon.
A coupon is applied to the sale price of an item, so the first deduction is the clearance markdown.
Let 
The coupon takes $10 off the price, so the coffeemaker sells for
Solving for 
the correct response is
Example Question #161 : Percentage
A two-liter bottle of Zippy Zuppy soda costs $1.39. However, as part of a promotion to mark its sixteenth anniversary, if ten or more bottles are purchased, the store is offering a savings of 16%.
Floyd purchases six two-liter bottles of Zippy Zuppy cola, four two-liter bottles of Zippy Zuppy ginger ale, and two two-liter bottles of Zippy Zuppy orange soda. After a sales tax of 6.5%, how much will Floyd pay for the soda (nearest cent)?
Floyd purchases 
The amount of the discount is 16% of this, or (rounding to the nearest cent)
making the price before tax
The sales tax is 6.5% of this, or (again, rounding to the nearest cent)
Add this:
the amount Floyd pays.
Example Question #331 : Arithmetic
The price of a pair of shoes after a 15% clearance discount and a 20% employee discount is $113.74.
Give the price of the shoes before the two discounts (nearest cent).
Call the price of the shoes before the two discounts 
A subsequent reduction in price by 20%, which is the employee discount, is
Set this quantity equal to the price of the shoes after the two discounts, $113.74, and solve for 
To the nearest hundredth:
The price of the shoes before the discounts was $167.26.
Example Question #21 : How To Find The Sale Price
Katy buys jeans that is on sale for $84. The tag says that the price was originally $142. What discount is she receiving on the shirt? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
None of the other answer options.
Use proportions and cross-multiply to find the percentage of the cost that she is paying, then subtract that answer from the original price to solve for the discount.
If she is paying 59.2% of the regular cost, then subtract that figure from 100%.
100% - 59.2% = 40.8%
You could also set up the proportion so that you could arrive at the answer after cross-multiplying by subtracting 84 from 142 as the first step.
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