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Percent Multi - Step Problems: Bonus, Interest, or Percent Increase

This document provides examples and practice problems for calculating percentages of quantities in multi-step word problems. It includes step-by-step worked examples for increasing percentages, like raises, and decreasing percentages, like discounts. Students are asked to solve 9 practice problems calculating final amounts after percentages have been applied, like commissions, markups, tips, taxes, discounts, and more. The key is breaking problems into clear steps: identifying the original amount, calculating the percentage as a decimal, multiplying to get the increase/decrease amount, and adding or subtracting accordingly.
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Percent Multi - Step Problems: Bonus, Interest, or Percent Increase

This document provides examples and practice problems for calculating percentages of quantities in multi-step word problems. It includes step-by-step worked examples for increasing percentages, like raises, and decreasing percentages, like discounts. Students are asked to solve 9 practice problems calculating final amounts after percentages have been applied, like commissions, markups, tips, taxes, discounts, and more. The key is breaking problems into clear steps: identifying the original amount, calculating the percentage as a decimal, multiplying to get the increase/decrease amount, and adding or subtracting accordingly.
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 Multi-­‐step  Problems  (7.RP.3)                            Name______________________Block___  


 
EXAMPLE:       After  graduating  from  high  school  in  2012,  Berry  made  $400  per  week  at  a  local  retail  shop.    
After  a  year  of  working  there,  he  received  a  5%  raise.    How  much  does  Berry  make  each  week  now?    
                                     
SOLUTION  
             Step  1.  Understand—He  makes  5%  more  than  $400.  
             Step  2:  Plan—1.  Convert  5%  to  a  decimal  (or  fraction).    2.  Multiply  by  400.    3.  Then  add  that  amount  to    
  the  original  400.    4.  Model  to  check  answer.    
           Step  3:  Work  
                                           1.  Convert        2.  Multiply                    3.  Add       4.  MODEL  (to  check  answer)      
 
  5%  =  0.05                400        400                          Original                      Increase  
   x  .05      +  20  
       420   100%   5  %  
20.00  
  $400  per  week   $20  

           Step  4:  Answer  –  Berry  makes  $420  per  week  now.    


 
 
Key  words  for  this  type  of  problem  that  ADD  to  the  
original  are:  raise,  tax,  fee,  gratuity  (tip),  markup,  
  bonus,  interest,  or  percent  increase.      
 
  Key  words  for  this  type  of  problem  that  SUBTRACT  from  
  the  original  are:  on  sale,  discount,  clearance,    
markdown,  commission,  or  percent  decrease.  
 
Solve  and  Model  each  problem.    Identify  the  answer.    
1.      Jonsie’s  weekly  salary  in  2012  was  $550.      This  year  she  received  a  7%  raise.    How  much  does  Jonsie  
make  per  week  now?    
                             Convert    Multiply                                            Add                                                                                          Model          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.    A  new  tablet  computer  costs  $375.    The  sales  tax  is  8%.      What  is  the  total  cost  for  the  tablet?    
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOLVE  and  MODEL  each  problem.    Be  sure  to  identify  the  answer.    
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
3.  Coolshirts.com  sells  t-­‐shirts.    It  costs  the  company  $2.50  to  make  a  simple  t-­‐shirt.    The  company  marks  up  
(increases)  the  price  by  300%.      What  is  the  final  cost  of  a  simple  t-­‐shirt  from  coolshirts.com?    
 
 
 
 
4.    Eating  out  can  be  expensive!    The  bill  for  four  people  to  eat  the  local  Pasta-­‐Palace  costs  $60.    The  normal  
tip  (gratuity)  is  15%  of  the  bill.    What  was  the  total  cost?      
 
 
 
 
5.    A  tip  for  great  service  is  20%  of  the  bill.    If  the  bill  for  dinner  is  $32,  how  much  is  the  tip  for  great  service?    
 
 
 
 
6.    A  “commission”  is  money  that  someone  makes  for  selling  a  product.    At  Tech-­‐Mart  a  salesperson  makes  
a  commission  of  16%  on  products  he/she  sells.  Mr.  Willis  bought  a  TV  at  Tech-­‐Mart  for  $250.    How  much  
money  did  the  salesperson  get  as  a  commission  on  Mr.  Willis’s  purchase?    
 
 
 
 
 
7.    A  salesperson  at  Music  City  sold  a  guitar  for  $340.    Her  commission  was  13%.    How  much  commission  
did  she  make?    
 
 
 
 
 
8.    The  original  price  of  a  sweatshirt  was  $38.    It’s  now  on  clearance  for  30%  off.    How  much  does  the  
sweater  cost  now?    
 
 
 
 
 
9.      Deodorant  is  on  sale  for  40%  off.    The  original  price  is  $2.60.    What  does  it  cost  now?    
 
 
   

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