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.
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.
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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?