Finding Discount Objective: Students will calculate percentages and find the amount of discount.
Copy these Steps: Finding Discounts Step 1: Find the amount of the discount (the percent) Step 2:Turn the percent into a decimal and Multiply it by the original price Step 3: Subtract the discount amount to the original price.
Finding Discount You can… Change the percent to a decimal and multiply. Write an equation to find the missing percent. Write a proportion like percent problems
Discount Discount When an item is on sale, the store is selling the item for less, so this is called discount.
Discount Ex1: You buy a pair of jeans that is 30% off the original price of $29. What is the sale price of an item? Find the amount of the discount: 30% of $29 0.3 x 29 $8.70 Subtract the discount from the original price $29.00- 8.70 = $20.30
Discount Find the amount of discount A $36 book is on sale for $27. What is the amount of discount? Find the percent of discount What is the percent of discount for the book in the problem before? $9.00 25%
Discount A $90 coat is on sale for $76.50. What is the amount of discount? What is the percent of discount for the coat in problem 1? Find the cost after discount: $85 radio, 10% discount.