IM: 7.4.11: Percentage Contexts (Practice) - Formative Staff | Library

A car dealership pays $8,350 for a car. They mark up the price by 17.4% to get the retail price. What is the retail price of the car at this dealership?

A store has a 20% off sale on pants. With this discount, the price of one pair of pants before tax is $15.20. What was the original price of the pants?

Lin is shopping for a couch with her dad and hears him ask the salesperson, “How much is your commission?” The salesperson says that her commission is 5\frac{1}{2}% of the selling price.

How much commission will the salesperson earn by selling a couch for $495?

How much money will the store get from the sale of the couch?

A college student takes out a $7,500 loan from a bank. What will the balance of the loan be after one year (assuming the student has not made any payments yet):

if the bank charges 3.8% interest each year?

if the bank charges 5.3% interest each year?

Draggable item		Category
y=2.33x		Mai slept for x hours, and Kiran slept for \frac{1}{10} less than that.
y=2.5x		Kiran practiced the piano for x hours, and Mai practiced for \frac{2}{5} less than that.
y=1.375x		Mai drank x oz of juice and Kiran drank \frac{4}{3} more than that.
y=1.6x		Kiran spent x dollars and Mai spent \frac{1}{4} less than that.
y=0.75x		Mai ate x grams of almonds and Kiran ate 1.5 times more than that.
y=0.7x		Kiran collected x pounds of recycling and Mai collected \frac{3}{10} less than that.
y=0.6x		Mai walked x kilometers and Kiran walked \frac{3}{8} more than that.
y=0.9x		Kiran completed x puzzles and Mai completed \frac{3}{5} more than that.