Calculate the price of tennis shoes $85; discount 24%

Answer 1

24% discount is represented as 24/100. You would use this to figure out how much is 24% of 85.

First you multiply the full amount (85) by 24.

85 x 24= 2040.

Then you must divide that number by 100.

2040÷100 = 20.4.

This means 24% discount of $85 is $20.4. You then must subtract this discount of $20.4 from the total $85 to get the final price of shoes after discount has been applied.

85- 20.4= 64.6

The price of the tennis shoes after 24% discount was applied is $64.60.

Answer 2

When thinking about percentages, it's important to be aware of what you're looking for. In this case it's the price of tennis shoes after a discount. We can think of the 24% being taken away, so what's left is 76%.

When calculating with percentages you convert to decimals so that 100% is equal to 1.00. This is because percentages are a proportion of the whole so 24% becomes 24/100 which simplifies to 0.24 and 76% becomes 0.76. We can then do the equation of

85.00 * 0.76 = ____ (I'll let you fill in the blanks!)

Doing the math with 24% would result in 85.00 * 0.24 = 20.40, but this represents the discount and not the new price of the shoes. The extra step here is to subtract the discount from the base total for 85.00-20.40 = _____.

With either method you should come up with the same answer! Good luck!