Saturday, February 18, 2012

How do you calculate the percentage discount?

Subtract the sale price from the regular price. Multiply your answer by 100%, and divide by the regular price. Example:

A leather jacket normally sells for $200. The sale price is $180. What's the % discount? OK, the discount is $20, so multiply that by 100% = 2000$%, then divide by the regular price of $200, and the answer is 10% (the dollar signs cancel each other).How do you calculate the percentage discount?
Put it in decimal form as 100ths and then multiply it times the price.



A 20% discount from $100.00 is shown as



100 X .20



= 20.00



= $20.00How do you calculate the percentage discount?
Here's what's easy for me because I hate math! I just do this in my head when I'm shopping.

Let's use an example for 30% off:

If it's $1, take off $0.30. If it's $10, take off $3. If it's $100, take off $30.

So if something is $26.99 and 30% off, Round to $27, and take $3 off for every $10, and $.30 off for every $1.

You can use this for any percentage- but I hope this answers your question, because I have no idea how to enter this on a calculator!
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