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Music Festival: Tickets and Stage Time

Solve multistep festival problems involving ticket revenue, stage schedules, discounts, tax, commission, interest, and percent error.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.RP.A.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students solve multistep problems involving discounts, tax, markups, commissions, and simple interest.
Students use ratios and percent change to analyze ticket sales and stage schedules.
Students calculate percent error using the actual value as the base.

How to use

Have students show calculations on separate paper. After independent work, discuss how choosing the correct base affects each percent calculation.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.RP.A.3

Solve multistep ratio and percent problems such as interest, tax, markups, discounts, tips, commissions, and percent error.

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Music Festival: Tickets and Stage Time

Use ratios and percents to check festival plans.

Ticket Office

Show your work. Round money to the nearest cent when needed.

The festival sells 240 tickets. Of these, 35% are early tickets costing $18 each. The remaining tickets cost $24 each. There are no fees or taxes.

What is the total ticket revenue? $

A ticket costs $31.80 including a 6% sales tax. What was its price before tax?

A. $29.89
B. $25.80
C. $30.00
D. $33.71

A ticket agency keeps an 8% commission on ticket revenue and sends the remaining $920 to the festival. Every ticket costs $25, with no other fees or taxes.

How many tickets did the agency sell? tickets

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