Name ______Class ______Date ______

Aim: How do we calculate discounts and taxes?

Warm up: Are discounts applied before tax is added

to a bill?

Homework:

NOTES:

  • Discount = Original * ______
  • Sales Price = Original______
  • Final Price = Sales Price + ______

Problem 1: Mike went shopping at Macy’s. He bought a jacket for $120.80. He had a coupon for 20 percent off his bill. What was the sales price of his jacket? / Problem 2Jimmy bought a new watch. The watch was originally $150.00. He had a 15% off coupon and paid 8% in sales tax. What was the final price of his watch?
Problem 3: Cory went holiday shopping. She bought an iPad for $500, an iPhone for $399 and a MacBook air for $1000. She received a student discount of 10% and paid 8% in sales tax. How much was her final bill?
Problem 1: Susan bought a pair of boots for $250 dollars. There was a 10 percent discount and an 8% tax.
  1. What is the discount amount?
  2. What is the sales price?
  3. What is the tax amount?
  4. What is the final price?
/ Problem 2: Helen bought a pair of jeans for $125 dollars. There was a 25 percent discount and a 6% tax.
  1. What is the discount amount?
  2. What is the sales price?
  3. What is the tax amount?
  4. What is the final price?

Problem 3: Emma bought a shirt for $25, a pair of jeans for $100 and a jacket for $250. If there was a coupon for 25 percent off and state tax of 7.5 %.
  1. What is the discount amount?
  2. What is the sales price?
  3. What is the tax amount?
  4. What is the final price?
/ Problem 4: The iPhone 6 plus with 36G of memory cost $399. Electronic tax in NYS is 8.6 percent. AT&T offered new customers a 4 percent discount.
  1. What is the discount amount?
  2. What is the sales price?
  3. What is the tax amount?
  4. What is the final price?

Problem 5:Acura was offering new customers an 8.6 percent discount on all new cars. The Acura TLhad a purchase price of $41,265. NYS tax on new cars is 8.85 %.
  1. What is the discount amount for the Acura?
  2. What is the pre-tax price?
  3. What is the tax amount for the Acura?
  4. What is the purchase price of the Acura for new customers?

Challenge:Bradley’s car was totaled from an accident. He saw a car he liked for $32,500. He received a 10 percent discount and paid 8.5 percent in sales tax.
  • His insurance company gave him a check for $31,500, is this enough money to cover the purchase price of his car, justify using mathematical terminology.

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