Price & Cost( Week 49 Practice) 1. An item costs $42.12 including sales tax. If the sales tax rate is 8%, what the the cost (in dollars) of the item before the sales tax? 2. After a holiday season, a department store gave a 20% discount on the suits which were less than $90, while gave a 25% discount on the suits which were $90 or more. What is the price (in dollars) after discount if a suit was $115 originally? 3. One loaf of bread and 5 rolls cost $4.60. At the same prices, two loaves of bread and 3 rolls cost $4.30. How much does a roll of bread cost in dollars? 4. A purchase is made with whole dollars. The number of two-dollar bills needed to pay for the purchase would be 18 more than the number of bills needed if the same purchase was paid with five-dollar bills. What was the cost of the purchase in dollars? 5. Alice and David are both saving money for airline tickets to an event in Washington D.C. on July 4th. The cost of airline tickets is the same for both. Alice is still $110 short for the ticket, and David is still $73 short of the amount. Even if they combine their money, they are still $16 short of one ticket. How much money (in dollars) has Alice already saved? |