1 / 9

Percents

Chapter 6. Percents. Percent and Problem Solving: Sales Tax, Commission, and Discount. 6.5. Calculating Sales Tax and Total Price. Sales Tax and Total Price sales tax = tax rate · purchase price total price = purchase price + sales tax. Example.

iram
Download Presentation

Percents

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 6 Percents

  2. Percent and Problem Solving: Sales Tax, Commission, and Discount 6.5

  3. Calculating Sales Tax and Total Price Sales Tax and Total Price sales tax = tax rate · purchase price total price = purchase price + sales tax

  4. Example A gold and diamond bracelet sells for $1800. Find the total price if the sales tax rate is 6.5%. sales tax tax rate purchase price sales tax = 6.5% · $1800 = 0.065 · $1800 = $117 Sales Tax $1800 + $117 = $1917 Total Price The total price for the bracelet was $1917.00

  5. Calculating Commission Commission commission = commission rate · sales

  6. Example A salesperson earned a commission of $3575 for selling $32,500 worth of books to various bookstores. Find the commission rate. Commission rate commission sales $3575 = r· $32,500 The commission rate is 11%.

  7. Calculating Discount and Sale Price Discount and Sale Price amount of discount = discount rate · original price sale price = original price · amount of discount

  8. Example A $2000 designer dress is on sale for 30% off. Find the discount and the sale price. original price amount of discount discount rate amount of discount = 30%· $2000 The discount is $600. continued

  9. continued A $2000 designer dress is on sale for 30% off. Find the discount and the sale price. sale price Original price discount sale price = $2000 − $600 The sale price is $1400.

More Related