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Dueling Discounts

Which Coupon Should I Use?

Write down ALL of your ideas and thoughts about this question. This should be completed individually.

Finance – Discounts and Taxes

You will be purchasing ALL 9 items below. Save the most money possible using your 5 coupons.

ONE - $20 off(Valid on all items)

Item applied to:

Amount saved:

TWO - 20% off(Valid on all items)

Item applied to:

Amount saved:

THREE - Buy 1, get 1 at 50%(50% off applied to the lower priced item)

Items applied to:

Amount saved:

FOUR - 10% off(Valid on all items)

Item applied to:

Amount saved:

FIVE - Up to 30% off(10% off on items <$30, 20% off on items <$60 and 30% off on items up to

$100,

OR $30 off on items > $100)

Item applied to:

Amount saved:

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D E F

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Coupons

Round Robin ProblemsGroup A

1. The Sweater Shack is offering a 20% discount on sweaters. If the regular price of a sweater is $15.00, what is the discount? What is the sale price?

2. After a 15% off sale, some jeans were $11.50. How much were the jeans before the sale?

3. There are 30 students in Mrs. Jones’ class. Twenty percent of the students received an A on the last math test. How many students received an A?

4. Your parents took your family out to dinner. Your parents wanted to give the waiter a 15% tip. If the total amount of the dinner was $42.00, what should be paid to the waiter as a tip?

5. Jean Junction is selling jeans at 15% off the regular price. The regular price is $25.00 per pair. What is the discount amount?

6. Jeans Plus has a sign that says if you buy 3 pairs of jeans, you get $10.00 off the total regular price. The regular price is $25.00 per pair. Would you save more money shopping at Jean Junction in problem #5 or Jeans Plus?

7. Bill and his friends went to Red Robin. Their order consisted of 2 hamburgers t $5.49 each, a chicken sandwich for $6.25, an order of ribs for $12.99, and 4 sodas at $1.75 each. They paid a 7% sales tax, and a 20% tip. How much money did lunch cost them?

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Group B

1. A video game store has a 20% sale on all video games. If the game you wanted cost $32.00, what would the discount be?

2. There are 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Approximately 12.2% of the representatives are from California. How many representatives from California are there in the U.S. House of Representatives? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

3. If the sales tax for the city of Los Angeles is 9.75%, how much tax would you pay for an item that costs $200.00? 4. A small business spent $23,000 for taxable items last year. The tax rate was 9.5%. How much did the small

business pay in taxes last year?

For Questions 5 and 6: A magazine advertises that a subscription price of $29.99 (for 12 issues) represents a savings of 70% from the newsstand price.

5. What does this imply the newsstand price of one issue must be? 6. If you found that the actual price for a single issue is $8.00, would you consider the ad to be an error? Why or

why not? 7. Mrs. Jones attended a Southern Living home party. She purchased a vase which cost $34.99. The shipping charge

was $3.00, and 8.25% sales tax was paid on the subtotal which included the shipping charge. How much did she pay for the vase?

8. After the 15% sales tax the jeans were $11.50. How much was the jeans before the sales price?

Group C

1. Your family went out to eat. The total bill was $68.50. How much tip should you leave using 15%?

2. At a restaurant you only have $20 to spend on dinner. In addition to the cost of the meal you must pay a 5% sales tax and leave a 15% tip. What is the most expensive item you can order?

3. A promotional sale at a department store offers 25% off the sale price. The sale price is 25% off the regular price. Is this the same as a sale that offers 50% off the regular price? (Try both with a coat whose original cost was $100.)

4. A bicycle is on sale for $189.50. The sales tax rate is 5%. What is the total price?

5. Rosa and her friends are eating out for dinner. The bill was $45.80. They want to leave a 20% tip. How much should they leave for tip?

6. Rick bought 3 shirts for $18 each, 2 pair of socks for $3.99 a pair, and a pair of slacks for $45.00. The sales tax rate is 8.5%. How much did he pay?

7. At a restaurant you only have $30 to spend on dinner. In addition to the cost of the meal you must pay a 8% sales tax and leave a 20% tip. What is the most expensive item you can order?

8. A bicycle shop is selling $500.00 bikes at 10% off. If the sales tax is 7% how much will one bike cost?

Group D4

1. The Rodriguez family went to dinner at Pasta Palace. Mr. Rodriguez ordered a meal for $6.25; Mrs. R ordered a meal for $7.50; the 2 children ordered individual pizzas for $4.99 each. The sales tax rate was 7.25% and they left a 15% tip. How much was the total bill?

2. Megan bought 50 beads for $9.95. She received a 10% discount, and she paid a sales tax of 6%. How much did she pay for the beads?

3. Eric bought a canoe for $333.75. The sales tax was 5.25%. What was his total cost?

4. Shinya went to the salon. The cost of her haircut was $16.00. He tipped the barber 15%. What was the total cost?

5. A snowmobile priced at $2,800 is on sale for 20% off. The sales tax rate is 8.25%. What is the sale price including tax?

6. Lisa's store collects 5% sales tax on every item sold. If she collected $22.00 in sales tax, what was the cost of the items her store sold?

7. At a restaurant you only have $20 to spend on dinner. In addition to the cost of the meal you must pay a 5% sales tax and leave a 15% tip. What is the most expensive item you can order?

8. A magazine advertises that a subscription price of $29.99 (for 12 issues) represents a savings of 70% from the newsstand price. What is the price of one issue at the newsstand?

Homework – “Would you Rather?”

Answer each question completely, showing your work for full credit. Make sure you explain your reasons clearly.

Would you rather....

Have 10% of $5.00 or 75% of 80¢?

Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

Be bitten by 15% of 120 mosquitoes or 8% of 250 mosquitoes?

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Skip using a rope, which is 54% of 105 inches long, or 88% of 275 inches long?

Sit in a traffic jam for 33% of 2 hours or 44% of 1 hour and 40 minutes?

Homework – Critical Thinking

Romanus just got a new job at the Apple store on Michigan Avenue. With his new job, he gets a 20% discount but he still has to pay a 15% sales tax. Which should Romanus prefer to have calculated first: discount or tax?

Make sure you explain your reasoning clearly.

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