Question

A skateboard is priced at $92.00 and is reduced by 20%

a) what is the amount of the discount on the skateboard ?
b) calculate the new price of the skateboard.

Answer 1

hmm ... what is 20% of 92?

Answer 2

i don't know ? :S

Answer 3

460 ?

Answer 4

460 eh .... not quite :)

Answer 5

lets do this; a percent is a division of 100 peices so we need to divide 92 into 100 peices

92/100 = 1%

Answer 6

and we need to know how much 20 of those peices is worth

(92/100) * 20

Answer 7

18.4 ?

Answer 8

18.4 is good :)

Answer 9

$18.40 is better for an answer if we format it right

Answer 10

I been doing my hmwrk wrong then

Answer 11

there are other methods; but this one seems to be the most intuitive for me

Answer 12

now since the discounted $18.40 from $92.00; we simply subtract the 2

Answer 13

92.00
18.40
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73.60 is the new price right?

Answer 14

yep ! :)

Answer 15

Thank-you !

Answer 16

what would thenew price be of the skateboard ?