Question

Sale Discounts:
15% OFF OF $5 = ?
15% OFF OF $17 = ?
15% OFF OF $50 = ?
15% OFF OF $60 = ?
If I am shown how to figure out the first one, I will do the rest on my own.

Answer 1

Just remember: If you want to know the discount it is 15% of 5 or .15(5). That the amount you get off. If you want to know how much it costs think this: If it is 15% off, then I have to pay 85% so that would be .85(5)

Answer 2

I don't understand where you got the .85 from. I multiplied .15*5 which gave me 75cents. Would that be the answer for the first one?

Answer 3

If someone gives you all the money they have, what percent of their money did they give you?

Answer 4

Too many cooks.

Answer 5

Oh ok so .75 is what is being saved? So would the answer be:
$5 - $ 0.75 = $ 4.25.
?

Answer 6

is it asking for the price after the discount or just what the discount is worth?

Answer 7

for the price after the discount

Answer 8

ok, well one way to look at it is think about 1 = 100% so if you need to find 69 percent of 650004000.00 then you can take 69% of 1 (which would be .69) and multiply it by the number you want that percent of. you can do that with any percent and any sort of number you need a percent of. In this case you will subtract it from the initial price of the item

Answer 9

I was trying to explain it to you when that buttinski came along. If an item costs $20, then 100% of its cost is $20. If it is marked down 10% then you DON'T have to pay the 10% but you DO have to pay 90%. If it is marked down 20% then you DON'T have to pay the 20% but you DO have to pay 80%.
So in your first example, it is 15% off. You DON'T have to pay the 15% but you DO have to pay the other 85%.

Answer 10

so you were trying to say .85*5=4.25 - as an example for the first problem right?

Answer 11

ya that will work, but just understand that that is giving you the price after the discount and not the discount itself