Price & Cost( Week 49 Evaluation) 1. An item costs $93.60 including sales tax. If the sales tax rate is 4%, what the the cost (in dollars) of the item before the sales tax? 2. After a holiday season, a department store gave a 15% discount on the suits which were less than $100, while gave a 20% discount on the suits which were $100 or more. What is the price (in dollars) after discount if a suit was $125 originally? 3. One loaf of bread and 8 rolls cost $7.40. At the same prices, two loaves of bread and 5 rolls cost $6.55. 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 6 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. Susan and Rene 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. Susan is still $102 short for the ticket, and Rene is still $86 short of the amount. Even if they combine their money, they are still $16 short of one ticket. How much money (in dollars) has Susan already saved? 6. Jessica went to a store and spent half of her money plus $8 more. She went to a second store and spent half of her remaining money plus $8 more. She then had $8 left. How many dollars did she have when she went to the first store? 8. The price of a car recommended by the manufacturer is $10100. A dealer decreased the price by 25%, and then increased it by 25%. What is the final price for the car (in dollars)? 9. 5 notebooks and 4 pencils cost $13.57, while 5 pencils and 4 notebooks cost $13.07. What is the cost of one notebook and one pencil? 10. A store sold 4 times as many blue pens as red pens. The price of each blue pen is of the price for each red pen. If the total amount of money made from all the blue pens and red pens was $150.97, how much (in dollars) of them were from blue pens? (Round the answer to cents.) |