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Percentage Discounts

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.dobi.nu The above TShirts were made by the very talented designer Rob Dobi. You can buy Rob’s TShirts for around $20 each online at the following link : http://www.merchline.com/fullbleed/ Let’s say that our favorite clothes shop is having … Continue reading →

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Finding Percentage Amounts Using Decimals

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.concordextra.co The above 45 gram Chocolate Bar contains 25% Sugar. How many Grams of Sugar are in this “Kit Kat” bar ? Using Percentages, we know that Percent means /100, and so we can set up: Grams of … Continue reading →

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Percentage of Amount Using Fractions

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://cdn.sheknows.com Let’s say we are making a Car Loan repayment, and we want to find the value of 10% of $200. We are interested in doing this because our weekly Car Loan Payment is $200 plus 10% Interest. … Continue reading →

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