Question

The cake store is having a 25\%25% off sale on all of its cakes. If the cake you want regularly costs \$9$9, how much would you save with the discount?

Answer 1

Answer:

You would save $2.25.  

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find discount on an item, you need to multiply the discount by the original amount of the item.  In this case, the cake you want regularly costs $9.  If the sale includes a 25% discount, then you need to first convert your percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100:

$\frac{25}{100} =0.25$

You can then take this amount multiplied by the original cost of the cake to get your discount:

0.25 x 9 = 2.25, so you would save $2.25 with the discount and pay only $6.75 for the cake you want.