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Math 10-3- Unit 1.4 Worksheet - Sales 2018-19

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1. Kylee wants to buy a new leather jacket. Three stores have sales on the same jacket. The jacket regularly
costs $250.00. Kylee lives in Manitoba, so she will have to pay 5% GST and 7% PST.

The three stores are having the following sales:

Store A All jackets 18% off!

Store B All jackets $42.50 off!
Store C Don’t pay the tax!

Which store is offering the biggest discount?

a. Store A c. Store C
b. Store B d. All the same discount

2. Calculate the sale price of a duvet that regularly 5. A video game system is regularly priced at
sells for $149.00 and is on sale for 35% off. $299.00. Its sale price is $254.15. What is the
discount rate, as a percent?
a. $135.59
b. $96.85 a. 85%
c. $77.48 b. 10%
d. $201.15 c. 20%
d. 15%
3. Calculate the sale price of a table set that
regularly sells for $1439.00 and is on sale for 6. Tracy saw an advertisement for a store sale
15% off. offering all purses at 15% off. The purse Tracy is
interested in retails for $40.98. How much will
a. $1654.85 the purse cost after 12% HST is applied to the
b. $1223.15 price?
c. $1712.41
d. $978.52 a. $39.01
b. $34.83
4. A DVD player is regularly priced at $139.00. Its c. $54.62
sale price is $104.25. What is the discount rate, d. $23.41
as a percent?

a. 25%
b. 95%
c. 20%
d. 30%

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7. Which of the following is the best deal for a new 1TB hard drive that regularly costs $109.99 in
Saskatchewan, where GST is 5% and PST is 5%?

Sale Option Discount

i 20% off
ii 85% of the regular price
iii Don’t pay the tax!
iv 1
off the regular price!
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a. ii c. i
b. iii d. iv

8. Calculate the cost of buying 3 new paperback 11. The regular price of a sofa is $719.99, but it is on
1 sale for 40% off. What will the customer pay if
books for off. The regular price of one book is
3 the sofa is sold in Yellowknife, NWT, where tax
$10.49. Don’t include taxes. is 5% GST?

a. $15.73 a. $453.59
b. $6.99 b. $562.46
c. $20.98 c. $431.99
d. $6.92 d. $755.99

9. Pierre, a landscaper, is buying grass seed. The 12. Towels are on sale at a department store. The
garden store has a sale on 1.5-kg bags that are 1
advertisement says, “Buy one, get one off!”
regularly priced at $21.29, advertised as “Buy 2
one, get the second at half price.” What is the The regular price of a towel is $21.99. If you buy
discount rate as a percent? 4 towels, how much will it cost you? Don’t
include tax.
a. 50%
b. 75% a. $70.59
c. 83% b. $73.89
d. 67% c. $65.97
d. $69.27
10. The regular price of honey ham at a the grocery
deli is $2.39/100 g. If the ham is on sale for 25%
off, what is the cost of 275 g?

a. $6.16
b. $3.70
c. $6.23
d. $4.93

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Short Answer
1. The cost of a new sledge hammer is $42.99. It is
on sale for $32.24. What is the discount, as a
percent?
2. The cost of buying door handles at a wholesaler
depends on the number you buy:
If you buy fewer than 5 handles, they cost the
regular price of $2.59.
If you buy 6 to 10 handles, you get a discount of
6%.
If you buy 11 to 20 handles, you get a discount of
12%.
Calculate how much it would cost to buy 7 door
handles in Saskatchewan, where PST is 5% and
GST is 5%.
Problem
1. The regular cost of cashews is $1.94/100 g and
almonds regularly sell for $7.53/kg. Nuts are on
sale for 35% off.
a) Calculate the sale price for cashews per 100 g.
b) Calculate the sale price for almonds per kg.
c) How much will it cost to purchase 1.3 kg of
almonds and 1.4 kg of cashews at the sale
price?
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3. The cost of purchasing bathtubs at a wholesaler
depends on the number you buy.
If you buy fewer than 5 bathtubs, they cost the
regular price of $399.99.
If you buy 6 to 10 bathtubs, you get a discount of
7%.
If you buy 11 to 20 bathtubs, you get a discount
of 16%.
Calculate how much it would cost to buy 16
bathtubs in Alberta, where 5% GST is applied.
4. What percentage discount is equivalent to a sale
advertised as “Buy one, get one free!”? Explain
your answer.
5. a) What percentage discount is equivalent to a
sale advertised as “Buy one, get one half
off!”?
b) Why might a store use a sale like “Buy one,
get one half off!” instead of using a
percentage?
2. The regular price of lobster is $17.99/500 g and
the regular price of tuna is $20.50/kg. Seafood is
on sale for 30% off.
a) Calculate the sale price of lobster/500 g.
b) Calculate the sale price of tuna/kg.
c) How much will it cost to purchase 1.3 kg of
tuna and 0.7 kg of lobster at the discount
price?
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3. Juliet, a carpenter, receives a discount of 15% on

all siding from a wholesaler. Siding regularly costs
$13.75/m2 . She is installing siding on a house
over an area of 210 m2 .

In addition to the cost of materials, Juliet charges

her customers $21.00/hour. It will take 41 hours
to finish this house.

a) How much will Juliet charge, including

materials and her hourly rate, if she does not
give the discount to her customer?

b) How much will she charge if she does give the

discount to her customer?

c) What is the difference in cost to the

customer with and without the discount?

d) Why might Juliet choose to give her

customer the discount?