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School Store Sale and Council Budget

Find sale discounts and student council budget amounts using percents, then work backward from a part to the whole.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.RP.A.3.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students interpret a percent as a rate per 100 to find discounts and budget amounts.
Students find a whole when given a part and its percent.

How to use

Have students show calculations on scratch paper. Use the final error-analysis question to discuss when to multiply and when to divide by a percent.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.RP.A.3.c

Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100, and find the whole when given a part and the percent.

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School Store Sale and Council Budget

Use percents to find discounts, budget amounts, and missing totals.

Find Discounts and Budget Amounts

A percent is a rate per 100. Find each requested amount. Discount means the amount taken off the original price.

The school store takes 25% off every bulk order of notebooks. Complete the equivalent-rate table.

Notebook Order Discount
Original cost ($)	Discount ($)
100	25
80	?

How much is the discount on an $80 order? $

A calculator originally costs $60. The sale discount is 15% of the original price.

How much money does a buyer save? $

A school planner originally costs $18 and is discounted by 20%. What is the discount amount?

A. $0.36
B. $14.40
C. $3.60
D. $2.00

A sweatshirt originally costs $24. The store takes 25% off. Ignore sales tax.

What is the sale price after the discount? $

The student council has a $240 store-improvement budget. It sets aside 35% of that budget for new display racks.

How much is set aside for display racks? $

The council plans how to use a separate $500 sale-event budget.

Sale-Event Budget
Category	Percent of budget
Signs	12%
Supplies	28%
Other costs	60%

How much more money is planned for supplies than for signs? $

Work Backward to the Whole

Use the known part and its percent to find the original price, total quantity, or full budget.

By lunchtime, the store has sold 18 reusable water bottles. That is 30% of the bottles it had at the start of the sale.

How many bottles did the store have at the start? bottles

A backpack's discount is $6. The discount is 15% of its original price. What was the original price?

A. $40
B. $0.90
C. $21
D. $34

The council spends $72 on checkout equipment. This is 40% of its equipment budget.

What is the full equipment budget? $

10.

After a 25% discount, a jacket sells for $45. The sale price is 75% of the original price. Ignore sales tax.

What was the original price? $

Check the Council's Decisions

Use percents to solve each planning problem. Explain your reasoning in the final question.

11.

The council divides $320 in sale earnings according to this plan.

Plan for Sale Earnings
Use	Percent of earnings
Restock the store	40%
Student activities	35%
Keep in reserve	25%

After setting aside the planned amounts for restocking and student activities, how much remains in reserve? $

12.

A pencil case originally costs $15 and is discounted by 20%. A folder set originally costs $12 and is discounted by 25%. Which statement correctly compares the dollar discounts?

A. The folder set has a larger discount because 25% is greater than 20%.
B. The pencil case has a larger discount because its original price is higher.
C. The pencil case discount is $3, and the folder set discount is $4.
D. Both discounts are $3.

13.

A pen set originally costs $5. During the sale, each set is discounted by 10%. The council wants to collect exactly $90 from selling these sets at the sale price. Ignore sales tax.

How many pen sets must the store sell? sets

14.

The council spends $24 on sale signs, which is 30% of its advertising budget. Jordan calculates 0.30 × 24 = 7.20 and says the full budget is $7.20. Explain the mistake and find the correct full budget.