Question

26 There is a special offer at the book shop.

Ryan chooses 4 books that cost
£4.00
£3.80
£3.00
and £1.20
Special
offer
4 for the
price of 3
Buy any 4 books and get
the cheapest one completely free!
What fraction of the normal total price does he save?
Choose the correct calculation.

Answer 1

10.8/12 x 100 = 90%
So he saves 10%
Add the expensive ones that equals 10.80 and then add all them together which gives you £12 you put 10.80 over 12 and multiply by 100 to find the percentage you have and then minus that from 100 which will give you your answer of 10%