Discount and Sale Price
Examples, solutions, videos, worksheets, stories, and songs to help Grade 5 students learn how to calculate discounts and sale prices.
The following diagram shows the discount and sale price formulas. Scroll down the page for more examples and explanations.
Finding Discounts and sales prices
The video covers a one-step and a two-step process for finding a sale price, given a percent of discount. It includes four examples.
Example:
Find the sale price
(a) Original Price = $49.50, Discount = 30%
(b) Original Price = $1,348.35, Discount = 25%
(c) Original Price = $19.89, Discount = 15%
(d) Original Price = $189.90, Discount = 60%
Calculating Discounts
Examples:
- With a SPC card you are entitled to 15% savings at Champs. If you are looking at a new pair of Nike basketball shoes that cost $125.99 and you use your SPC card, what is the sale price of the shoes?
- Tracey purchased a leather jacket from Danier for $128 on sale, when the regular price was $200. What was the rate of the discount?
- The sale price of a used Nintendo DSi after a discount o 20% was $110. What was the regular price of the Nintendo Dsi?
Saving Money with Percents
This lesson teaches how to calculate the sale price of an item by taking a certain percent from the original price.
Percent Word Problems - Sales Tax, Discount, & Finding The Original Price
Examples:
A sweater that usually costs $45 is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
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