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Anastasia bought a dress on sale at 75% off from an original price of $280.
In the following exercises, find ⓐ the amount of discount and ⓑ the discount rate. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent, if needed.)
Zack bought a printer for his office that was on sale for $380. The original price of the printer was $450.
ⓐ $70 ⓑ 15.6%
Lacey bought a pair of boots on sale for $95. The original price of the boots was $200.
In the following exercises, find ⓐ the amount of the mark-up and ⓑ the list price.
Nga and Lauren bought a chest at a flea market for $50. They re-finished it and then added a 350% mark-up.
ⓐ $175 ⓑ $225
Carly bought bottled water for $0.24 per bottle at the discount store. She added a 75% mark-up before selling them at the football game.
Solve Coin Word Problems
In the following exercises, solve each coin word problem.
Francie has $4.35 in dimes and quarters. The number of dimes is five more than the number of quarters. How many of each coin does she have?
16 dimes, 11 quarters
Scott has $0.39 in pennies and nickels. The number of pennies is eight times the number of nickels. How many of each coin does he have?
Paulette has $140 in $5 and $10 bills. The number of $10 bills is one less than twice the number of $5 bills. How many of each does she have?
six $5 bills, 11 $10 bills
Lenny has $3.69 in pennies, dimes, and quarters. The number of pennies is three more than the number of dimes. The number of quarters is twice the number of dimes. How many of each coin does he have?
Solve Ticket and Stamp Word Problems
In the following exercises, solve each ticket or stamp word problem.
A church luncheon made $842. Adult tickets cost $10 each and children’s tickets cost $6 each. The number of children was 12 more than twice the number of adults. How many of each ticket were sold?
35 adults, 82 children
Tickets for a basketball game cost $2 for students and $5 for adults. The number of students was three less than 10 times the number of adults. The total amount of money from ticket sales was $619. How many of each ticket were sold?
125 tickets were sold for the jazz band concert for a total of $1,022. Student tickets cost $6 each and general admission tickets cost $10 each. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
57 students, 68 adults
One afternoon the water park sold 525 tickets for a total of $13,545. Child tickets cost $19 each and adult tickets cost $40 each. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
Ana spent $4.06 buying stamps. The number of $0.41 stamps she bought was five more than the number of $0.26 stamps. How many of each did she buy?
three $0.26 stamps, eight $0.41 stamps
Yumi spent $34.15 buying stamps. The number of $0.56 stamps she bought was 10 less than four times the number of $0.41 stamps. How many of each did she buy?
Solve Mixture Word Problems
In the following exercises, solve each mixture word problem.
Marquese is making 10 pounds of trail mix from raisins and nuts. Raisins cost $3.45 per pound and nuts cost $7.95 per pound. How many pounds of raisins and how many pounds of nuts should Marquese use for the trail mix to cost him $6.96 per pound?
2.2 lb. of raisins, 7.8 lb. of nuts
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