Sale prices: find the original price
Sale prices: find the original price
What you'll learn
- Calculate the original price of an item after a discount by applying the percentage formula with at least 80% accuracy on a worksheet with 10 problems.
- Explain the relationship between the sale price, discount percentage, and original price in their own words, using a real-world example with clear definitions of each term.
- Solve word problems involving sale prices to find the original price, showing all steps and correct units, with at least 7 out of 10 problems solved correctly.
- Identify the given information (sale price, discount percentage) and the unknown (original price) in a sale price problem with 100% accuracy.
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A shirt is $16 after a 20% discount. What was the original price?
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