Taxes, discounts, tips and more

Intros
Lessons
  1. Relating Percents to Taxes
  2. Relating Percents to Tips
  3. Relating Percents to Discounts
Examples
Lessons
  1. Relating Percents to Taxes

    A pack of potato chips is priced at $5. If the sales tax in the province is 15%, how much should the potato chips be sold for?

  2. Billy picked a pair of headphones with a selling price of $250 at an electronic store. However, at the check-out counter, he was charged $280. What is the percentage of the sales tax?
  3. Relating Percents to Tips

    A family of three went to a five-star restaurant for dinner. The bill for the meal was $180. The family put down $300 and left without asking for changes. In other words, what is the percentage of tips they have paid?

  4. Relating Percents to Discounts

    A stationary store is having a garage sale. All the binders priced at $12 are now on sale for $9. What is the discount percentage?

  5. A suit was originally priced at $880, but it has been marked 25% off. What is the selling price now?