Question

Oliver wants to buy a hat that has an original price of $25 . The store is having a 20% off sale on everything in the store. Question: With this discount, what is the final cost of the hat?

Answer 1

$20

Explanation:

There are a few ways to do this. We know 20% is 1/5 and 1/5 is 5 dollars. since that's the percent off, we would subtract it from 25.

For general percents off, they might not be so easy. It is important to know the method. We must multiply by the decimal of the percent, so

`25 * .20 = 5`

Now, since it is this amount off, we subtract 5 from 25.

`25 - 5 = 20`

$20 is the final price of the hat!

hope this helps!