Question

Crayons are on sale for $.25 for a pack of 16. This was down from the normal price of $.75 per 16 pack. What is the percent discount buyers are getting per crayon at this sale price?

Answer 1

2/3 or 66.7%

Explanation:

The old price of 1 crayon was 75/16 or about 4.69 cents

The new price of 1 crayon is 25/16 or about 1.56 cents

now to find the discount you can find out how much percent of 4.69 is 1.56 and then subtract from 1 if you use a fraction or 100 if you use percentage to get the final answer.

(1.56/4.69) * 100= 1/3

1 - 1/3= 2/3