•   1.   Discuss HW
•   2.   One-Step Word Problems
•   3.   Multi-Step Word Problems
•   4.   Special Types of Percent Problems
    – Rate of Change
    – Successive Percent
    – Simple Interest
• Quiz on MONDAY 
• A state official predicts that 70% of the registered voters in
    Montana will vote on election day. If there are 514,000
    registered voters in Montana, how many are predicted to
    vote?
Step 1: Understand the
question. “How many
registered voters are
predicted to vote?”
Step 2: What info do
you need? Use the % of
voters predicted to vote
and the number of
registered voters.
Step 3: Choose the
operation. What is 70%
of 514,000?
• Many percent           • Common Percent
  applications require     Problems:
  more than one step.
                         • Markup: Usually have to
                           add the amount of the
                           mark up to the original
                           price.

                         • Discount: usually have to
                           subtract the percent of
                           discount from the original
                           price
• Vic pays his supplier     • 1. Find the markup.
  $75 for a jacket. If he     Change 40% to a
  puts a 40% markup on        fraction or a
  the jacket, how much        decimal, and multiply
  does he charge a            by $75.
  customer for a jacket?


                            • 2. Add the markup to
                              the original price.
• A chair originally sold    • 1. Find the amount of
  for $130. It was on sale     the discount. Change
  at a 20% discount. Find      20% to a decimal or a
  the sale price of the        fraction.
  chair.
                             • 2. Subtract the
                               discount from the
                               original price to find the
                               sale price.
• Max wants to buy a       • 1. Find the whole (the
  used car. He has saved     price of the used car).
  $1200, which is 40% of      – Change 40% to a
  the amount he needs.          decimal, divide into the
  How much more does            part.
  Max need to save?
                            • 2. Subtract the amount
                              he has saved from the
                              Whole to find out how
                              much more Max needs
                              to save.
• Mr. and Mrs. Allen are        • Find the total amount
  planning to buy a house         the Allens must pay
  that is listed at $146,000.     the day they sign the
  When they sign the              contract.
  contract, they must make
  a down payment of 10%
  of the listed price. They     •   (1) $18,760
  also have to pay $2000 to
  their lawyer, $8760 to        •   (2) $21,360
  their real estate             •   (3) $24,260
  agent, and $900 for other     •   (4) $25,360
  expenses involved with
  the purchase.                 •   (5) $26,260
• Mr. and Mrs. Allen are        • The commission the real
  planning to buy a house         estate agent receives is
  that is listed at $146,000.     what percent of the list
  When they sign the              price of the house?
  contract, they must make
  a down payment of 10%
  of the listed price. They     •   (1) 3%
  also have to pay $2000 to
  their lawyer, $8760 to        •   (2) 5%
  their real estate             •   (3) 6%
  agent, and $900 for other     •   (4) 8%
  expenses involved with
  the purchase.                 •   (5) 10%
• You calculate the rate of   • RULE:
  change when you want
  to know if an amount        • 1. Find the amount of
  has gone up or down           change (difference
  over a period of time.        between original and
                                new amount)
• Up over time = rate of      • 2. Put the amount of
  increase                      change over the original
• Down over time = rate         amount. Simplify.
  of decrease                 • 3. Multiply by 100%
• In a few months the       • 1. Find the change
  price of heating oil went
  from $1.20 a gallon to
  $1.80 a gallon. By what
  percent did the price     • 2.           , simplify.
  increase?

                             • 3. Multiply by 100%.
• Sam weighed 200            • 1. Find the change
  pounds last year. He
  went on a diet, and this
  year he weighs 160
  pounds. What percent       • 2.         , simplify
  of his weight did Sam
  lose?
                             • 3. Multiply by 100%
• Successive means “following after another”

•   In General:
•   1. Find a percent of a number
•   2. Calculate a new amount
•   3. Find a percent of the new amount
• A color TV was listed at    • 1. Both percents are
  $280. For a Presidents’       based on the list
  Day sale, a store offered     price, so add them both
  a 10% discount on all         together.
  appliances. The store
  offered and additional
  5% off the list price for
  paying cash. How much       • 2. Find that percent of
  does a buyer save if she      the list price.
  gets the TV on sale and
  pays cash?
• Interest is money that   • Formula:
  money makes.
                           • Interest = Principal x
• Earn = savings account     rate x time

• Pay = borrow money

• Find the PART
• Find the interest on     • 1. Change the percent
  $800 at 6% annual          to a decimal
  interest for one year.


                           • 2. Plug into Interest
                             formula

                           • 3. Multiply
• Roger borrowed $6000       •   1. Change percent and rate to a
                                 fraction
  from his brother to make
  home improvements.
  Roger agreed to pay his
  brother 8% annual
  interest. How much did     •   2. Plug into formula
  Roger owe in 1 year 6
  months.
                             •   3. Cancel and multiply


                             •   4. Add the interest to the original
                                 principal.

8:00 GED Math THUR 4/26

  • 1.
    1. Discuss HW • 2. One-Step Word Problems • 3. Multi-Step Word Problems • 4. Special Types of Percent Problems – Rate of Change – Successive Percent – Simple Interest • Quiz on MONDAY 
  • 2.
    • A stateofficial predicts that 70% of the registered voters in Montana will vote on election day. If there are 514,000 registered voters in Montana, how many are predicted to vote? Step 1: Understand the question. “How many registered voters are predicted to vote?” Step 2: What info do you need? Use the % of voters predicted to vote and the number of registered voters. Step 3: Choose the operation. What is 70% of 514,000?
  • 3.
    • Many percent • Common Percent applications require Problems: more than one step. • Markup: Usually have to add the amount of the mark up to the original price. • Discount: usually have to subtract the percent of discount from the original price
  • 4.
    • Vic payshis supplier • 1. Find the markup. $75 for a jacket. If he Change 40% to a puts a 40% markup on fraction or a the jacket, how much decimal, and multiply does he charge a by $75. customer for a jacket? • 2. Add the markup to the original price.
  • 5.
    • A chairoriginally sold • 1. Find the amount of for $130. It was on sale the discount. Change at a 20% discount. Find 20% to a decimal or a the sale price of the fraction. chair. • 2. Subtract the discount from the original price to find the sale price.
  • 6.
    • Max wantsto buy a • 1. Find the whole (the used car. He has saved price of the used car). $1200, which is 40% of – Change 40% to a the amount he needs. decimal, divide into the How much more does part. Max need to save? • 2. Subtract the amount he has saved from the Whole to find out how much more Max needs to save.
  • 7.
    • Mr. andMrs. Allen are • Find the total amount planning to buy a house the Allens must pay that is listed at $146,000. the day they sign the When they sign the contract. contract, they must make a down payment of 10% of the listed price. They • (1) $18,760 also have to pay $2000 to their lawyer, $8760 to • (2) $21,360 their real estate • (3) $24,260 agent, and $900 for other • (4) $25,360 expenses involved with the purchase. • (5) $26,260
  • 8.
    • Mr. andMrs. Allen are • The commission the real planning to buy a house estate agent receives is that is listed at $146,000. what percent of the list When they sign the price of the house? contract, they must make a down payment of 10% of the listed price. They • (1) 3% also have to pay $2000 to their lawyer, $8760 to • (2) 5% their real estate • (3) 6% agent, and $900 for other • (4) 8% expenses involved with the purchase. • (5) 10%
  • 9.
    • You calculatethe rate of • RULE: change when you want to know if an amount • 1. Find the amount of has gone up or down change (difference over a period of time. between original and new amount) • Up over time = rate of • 2. Put the amount of increase change over the original • Down over time = rate amount. Simplify. of decrease • 3. Multiply by 100%
  • 10.
    • In afew months the • 1. Find the change price of heating oil went from $1.20 a gallon to $1.80 a gallon. By what percent did the price • 2. , simplify. increase? • 3. Multiply by 100%.
  • 11.
    • Sam weighed200 • 1. Find the change pounds last year. He went on a diet, and this year he weighs 160 pounds. What percent • 2. , simplify of his weight did Sam lose? • 3. Multiply by 100%
  • 12.
    • Successive means“following after another” • In General: • 1. Find a percent of a number • 2. Calculate a new amount • 3. Find a percent of the new amount
  • 13.
    • A colorTV was listed at • 1. Both percents are $280. For a Presidents’ based on the list Day sale, a store offered price, so add them both a 10% discount on all together. appliances. The store offered and additional 5% off the list price for paying cash. How much • 2. Find that percent of does a buyer save if she the list price. gets the TV on sale and pays cash?
  • 14.
    • Interest ismoney that • Formula: money makes. • Interest = Principal x • Earn = savings account rate x time • Pay = borrow money • Find the PART
  • 15.
    • Find theinterest on • 1. Change the percent $800 at 6% annual to a decimal interest for one year. • 2. Plug into Interest formula • 3. Multiply
  • 16.
    • Roger borrowed$6000 • 1. Change percent and rate to a fraction from his brother to make home improvements. Roger agreed to pay his brother 8% annual interest. How much did • 2. Plug into formula Roger owe in 1 year 6 months. • 3. Cancel and multiply • 4. Add the interest to the original principal.