Question

Nancy purchased some bed

sheets that cost $36. They were
on sale 25% off. What is the
new price of the bed sheets?

Answer 1

$36 * 0.75 = $27. That is the answer.

If 1.00 is 100 percent, subtract 0.25 or 25 percent from that to get 0.75 or 75 percent as the value which is left then multiply the original price, $36 to get the equation and answer above.

Answer 2

To find the new price of the bed sheets, we can calculate the amount of discount first and then subtract it from the original price.

The bed sheets were on sale 25% off, so the amount of discount is:

$36 x 25/100 = $9

To find the new price of the bed sheets, we can now subtract the discount from the original price:

$36 - $9 = $27

So the new price of the bed sheets is $27.