Percent/Discount/Tax Taryna Lam & Stephanie Ramos 5/30/08

Percent/Discount/Tax

Taryna Lam & Stephanie Ramos 5/30/08

Question w/ Percents & Taxes

Jeff and Frank bought two pairs of swimming goggles for $26.50. If the rate of sales tax was 6%, what was the total cost of the goggles?

Procedure for Percents & Taxes

First:set up the problem.

Second:multiply the amount with the percentage.

Third:set up your division problem.

Fourth:divide the amount you get with a hundred.

Fifth: add price with the tax total.

Sixth:write the answer in a complete sentence.

Our Work-Percents & Taxes

Question W/ Discounts

Tommy bought two kaleidoscopes on sale for 20% off. If each kaleidoscope cost $29 before the sale, what did Tommy pay for both on sale?

Procedure For DiscountsFirst:write the “Regular Price” and the “Rate Of Discount.”

Second:write the problem down.

Third: multiply the price with the discount.

Fourth: set up the division problem.

Fifth:divide the amount you get from multiplying with a

hundred.Sixth: subtract the discount with the price.

Seventh:multiply the amount by two.

Our Work-discounts

Connect To Life

You can use percents, taxes, and discounts when you enter stores. For example when you buy an item in a store you can calculate the amount when it has taxes, percents, and discounts.

Like & Dislike about the class

We like when we do projects on computers.

We like that you give us deals for homework.

We dislike that your absent and sometimes we get the bad subs.