Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Homework for Tuesday, November 19th

Excellent job with percentages today!  Complete the following for tomorrow.


Find the percent discounts for the following.  Remember the percent OFF equals the discount divided by the original price.

1) Mariana bought a 1 Direction t-shirt on sale for $16 and the original price was $20.  What percent was the t-shirt discounted?

2)  Andrew bought a videogame for $30.  The original price was $60.  What percent was the game discounted?


3) Jorge ordered 20 chicken wings.  He ate 2 wings.  What percentage of wings were left over?

Challenge
4) Samantha and Fernanda ordered a pizza.  It has 12 slices.  Samantha ate 3 slices and Fernanda ate 4 slices.  What percentage of the pizza is left?


5) Employees at Target get a 10% discount on most of their purchases.  Salvador works at Target, but Hector does not.  They both bought the same things: a CD for $15, a 3DS game for $30, and a movie for $20.  If Salvador used his discount, how much more money did Hector pay than Salvador?

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