IM 7.4.11 Practice: Percentage Contexts

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?

$18.24 $19.00 $3.04 $12.16

[size=150]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 [math]5\frac{1}{2}\%[/math] of the selling price.[/size][br][br]How much commission will the salesperson earn by selling a couch for $495?[br]

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?[br]

Match each situation with an equation.

Mai slept for [math]x[/math] hours, and Kiran slept for [math]\frac{1}{10}[/math] less than that.

[math]y=0.7x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math]

Kiran practiced the piano for [math]x[/math] hours, and Mai practiced for [math]\frac{2}{5}[/math] less than that.

[math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math]

Mai drank [math]x[/math] oz of juice and Kiran drank [math]\frac{4}{3}[/math] more than that.

[math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math]

Kiran spent [math]x[/math] dollars and Mai spent [math]\frac{1}{4}[/math] less than that.

[math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math]

Mai ate [math]x[/math] grams of almonds and Kiran ate 1.5 times more than that.

[math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math]

Kiran collected [math]x[/math] pounds of recycling and Mai collected [math]\frac{3}{10}[/math] less than that.

[math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math]

Mai walked [math]x[/math] kilometers and Kiran walked [math]\frac{3}{8}[/math] more than that.

[math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math]

Kiran completed [math]x[/math] puzzles and Mai completed [math]\frac{3}{5}[/math] more than that.

[math]y=0.75x[/math] [math]y=0.6x[/math] [math]y=1.375x[/math] [math]y=0.9x[/math] [math]y=1.6x[/math] [math]y=2.5x[/math] [math]y=2.33x[/math] [math]y=0.7x[/math]

IM 7.4.11 Practice: Percentage Contexts

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):

Match each situation with an equation.

Information: IM 7.4.11 Practice: Percentage Contexts