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Discount Lesson
Worksheet 7.4
Name: _________________________ Class: ___________
Objectives: 1. Learn the relationship among discount, discount per cent, marked price and selling price.
2. Learn how to solve problems involving discount.
Key Points
1. Discount = marked price – selling price
2. Discount %
3. Discount = marked price discount %
Example 1 (Level 1) Let’s Try 1
The marked price of a dining table is $1300. If The marked price of a notebook is $28. If it is
it is sold at $936, find the discount per cent. sold at $24.5, find the discount per cent.
Solution Solution
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Example 2 (Level 1) Let’s Try 2
In a boutique, the marked price of a dress and a In a restaurant, the marked price and the selling
shirt are $1200 and $800 respectively. The price of lunch set A are $45 and $36
dress is sold at $600 while the shirt is sold at respectively. The marked price and the selling
$350. Which item is sold at a larger discount price of lunch set B are $80 and $68
per cent? respectively. Which lunch set is sold at a larger
discount per cent?
Solution
Solution
Example 3 (Level 1) Let’s Try 3
A jewellery shop offers a 15% discount on all The marked price of a jacket is $450. If it is
the items sold. If the marked price of a sold at a discount of 40%, find the discount and
diamond ring is $8500, find the discount and the selling price.
the selling price.
Solution
Solution
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Key Points
Selling price = marked price (1 – discount %)
Example 4 (Level 1) Let’s Try 4.1
A department store offers a 30% discount to A water bottle is sold at a discount of 12% for
customers for all items. If a school bag is sold $88. Find the marked price of the water bottle.
at $455, find its marked price.
Solution
Solution
Since the selling price and the discount % are
given, use the formula below to find the marked
price.
Selling price = marked price (1 – discount %)
Let’s Try 4.2
A video game is sold for $480 at a discount of 20%. Find the discount.
Solution
To find the discount,
we have to find the
marked price first.
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Example 5 (Level 2) Let’s Try 5
The marked price of a guitar is $3400, and it is The marked price of a smartphone case is $108,
sold at 10% off. and it is sold at 30% off.
(a) Find the selling price of the guitar. (a) Find the selling price of the smartphone
(b) If the cost price of the guitar is $2000, case.
find the profit per cent. (b) If the cost price of the smartphone case is
$54, find the profit per cent.
Solution
(a) Solution
(a)
(b) (b)
Note:
Profit %
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Example 6 (Level 2) Let’s Try 6
A shop owner bought a tennis racket for $500. A flower shop owner bought a pot of flowers
He then sold the racket at a 30% discount on its for $150. After giving a discount of 25% on the
marked price and suffered a loss of 16%. marked price, the shop owner suffered a loss of
(a) Find the selling price of the tennis racket. 20%.
(b) David claims that the marked price of the (a) Find the selling price of the pot of flowers.
tennis racket is $100 higher than its cost (b) Candy claims that the marked price of the
price. Do you agree? Explain your answer. pot of flowers is the same as the cost price
of the flowers. Do you agree? Explain
Solution your answer.
(a)
Selling price = cost price (1 – loss %)
Solution
(a)
(b) (b)
Let’s try the Consolidation Corner on page 7.46 of
the textbook.
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