6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Find the discount and sale price.

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Use a Proportion to Find Discount

A DVD player with a regular price of $495 is marked

to sell at 30% off. What is the discount?

To find the discount, write

and solve a proportion.

Let D
the discount.

The discount is $148.50.

7. The rate of discount on a $47 clock 8. The rate of discount on a $12 CD
   radio is 20%. Find the discount and is 15%. Find the discount and
   sale price. sale price.


8. How much is saved on a $625 10. What is the sale price of a $150
   television set at a 25%-off sale? CD player marked 15% off?


9. Carlos has $25 to spend at the music store. He wants a
   CD that regularly lists for $24. The rate of discount
   on the CD is 33
   1
   3 %. After buying the CD, how much
   money does Carlos have left to spend?


10. Find the answer to problem 11 using a rate of discount of 12
    1
    2 %.


11. An item for $60 is discounted 20%. At a special sale,
    Joan receives an additional 20% discount. Will that be
    the same as a 40% discount of the item? Explain.

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D

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whole whole

100 D
$495 30

100 D 100 
$14,850 100

D
$148.50

“30% off” means a discount rate of 30%.

DVD Player

Regularly $4 95

sale

price 30%

discount

?

Item List Price Rate of Discount Discount Sale Price

Radio $130 20%??

Big Screen TV $3200 10%??

Headset $33 15%??

CD Player $180 12%??

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