Finding

Discount

Objective: Students will calculate

percentages and find the amount of

discount.

Copy these Steps:

Finding Discounts

Step 1: Find the amount of the discount (the percent)

Step 2:Turn the percent into a decimal and Multiply it by

the original price

Step 3: Subtract the discount amount to the original

price.

Finding Discount

You can…

1) Change the percent to a decimal and multiply.

2) Write an equation to find the missing percent.

3) Write a proportion like percent problems

Discount

Discount

When an item is on sale, the store is

selling the item for less, so this is

called discount.

Ex1: You buy a pair of jeans that is 30% off the

original price of $29. What is the sale price of an item?

Find the amount of

the discount:

30% of $29

0.3 x 29

$8.70

Subtract the discount from the original price

$29.00- 8.70 = $20.30

Discount

Discount

Find the amount of

discount

A $36 book is on sale

for $27. What is the

amount of discount?

Find the percent of

discount

What is the percent

of discount for the

book in the problem

before?

$9.00 25%

Discount

1) A $90 coat is on sale for $76.50. What is the

amount of discount?

2) What is the percent of discount for the coat

in problem 1?

3) Find the cost after discount: $85 radio,

10% discount.