2 Percents-Markup and Discount

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Markup and Discount

NS 1.4 Calculate given


percentages of quantities and
solve problems involving
discounts at sales, interest
earned, and tips.

Objective:-Students will calculate


give percentages and find
discounts, markups, tips, and sales
tax by scoring an 80% proficiency
on a quiz.
Terminology
Cost - The price retailers Selling Price - The price
pay to a manufacturer retailers charge customers

Markup, margin, or gross Operating expenses or


profit - The difference between overhead - The regular
the cost of bringing the goods expenses of doing business
into the store and the selling such as rent, wages,
price
utilities, etc.

Net profit or net income - The profit remaining after


subtracting the cost of bringing the goods into the
store and the operating expenses
Copy these Steps:

Finding Discounts Finding Markups

Step 1: Find the amount Step 1: Find the amount


of the discount (the percent) of the markup (the percent)
Step 2:Turn the percent Step 2: Turn the percent
into a decimal and Multiply into a decimal and Multiply
it by the original price it by the original price
Step 3: Subtract the Step 3: Add the markup
discount amount to the amount to the original price.
original price.
Markup and Discount
 Markup and Discount are like tax,
commission, and tip questions.

 You can…
1) Change the percent to a decimal and
multiply.
2) Write an equation to find the missing
percent.
3) Write a proportion like percent problems
Basic Selling Price Formula

Selling price (S) = Cost (C) + Markup (M)

$1,200 $900 - Price


Computer paid to bring $300 -
computer Dollars to
into store cover
expenses and
profit
Markup vs. Discount
 Markup  Discount
A retail store buys When an item is on
items at wholesale sale, the store is
prices. To cover selling the item for
expenses and make a
profit, the sells items less, so this is called
at higher retail discount.
prices. The extra
amount is called the
markup.
markup
Discount
Ex1: You buy a pair of jeans that is 30% off the
original price of $29. What is the sale price of an item?

 Find the amount of


the discount:

30% of $29

0.3 x 29

8.7
Subtract the discount from the original price
29- 8.70 = $20.30
Markup

Ex: 2 A store that sells skateboards buys them from


a manufacturer at a wholesale price of $57. The store’s
markup is 150% . What is the retail price?

 Find the amount of


the markup( Percent)
and turn into decimal.
Markup = 150% of $57

1.50 x 57
85.50 Add the markup amount to the original price

57.00 + 85.50= $142.50


Markup
Ex: 3
 Finding the amount of  Finding the
markup.
percent of
 A store buys a shirt at markup.
a wholesale price of
$13.50 and sells the  What is the
shirt for $24.95. How percent of markup
much was it marked for the shirt in the
up? first problem?

$24.95- $13.50= $11.45 is what percent of $13.50?

$11.45 84.8% or 85%


Markup
1) A store buys a pair of shoes at a wholesale
price of $37.50 and sells them for $50.
What is the amount of markup?

2) What is the percent of markup for the pair


of shoes in problem 1?

3) Find the cost after markup: $15 movie,


20% markup
Discount

 Find the amount of  Find the percent of


discount discount
 A $36 book is on sale  What is the percent
for $27. What is the of discount for the
amount of discount? book in the problem
before?
$9.00 25%
Discount
1) A $90 coat is on sale for $76.50. What is the
amount of discount?

2) What is the percent of discount for the coat


in problem 1?

3) Find the cost after discount: $85 radio,


10% discount.
Shopping Activity
 It is time to shop!

 You have $1000 dollars to


spend, no more!

 You need to shop at least


at 6 stores, where you can
buy at least one item. Be
sure to have at least 2
markups and 2 discounts.
 Find the cost after the
markup or discount.

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