Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Week Of February 17th, 2015

This week in math we are continuing our work with percents and decimals.  Please check out the Problem of the Week.

Two sports items are purchased at a store.  Calculate the cost of the items and find the amount saved, the sale price, the amount of tax and the total amount for each item if there is a discount of 10% and a tax of 13%.  Round each answer to the nearest hundredth.
Item
Amount saved less 10%
Sale price
Tax Amount 13%
Total Amount
Basketball Cost $18.50




Soccer Ball $28.00





If Bob the salesperson gets a 4% commission of the final price of the things that he sold.  What is his commission from this sale. 

CHALLENGE:  At the end of his shift Bob sold 5 basketballs and 7 soccer balls.  How much commission does he make?

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