Finance
Finance
Finance
Instructions: Solve the following problems. Provide the process and HIGHLIGHT the answer with
PINK highlighter.
1. A watch which costs $600 is marked “25% off.” What is the discount ($)? What is its sale
price?
2. Vladimir shops in an international store. A t-shirt with a tag price $42 is marked “save
20%” How much will Vladimir have to pay for the t-shirt if she were to buy it?
3. After getting a 10% discount, Romina bought a sofa for only $7,200. What was the
original price of the sofa?
4. A coffee shop labels its 1 cup of Frappuccino 10% discount. If 1 cup of Frappuccino costs
$6. How much will the customer pay upon ordering?
5. After 10% discount has been made, a necklace cost $5,400. What is the original price of
the necklace before the discount has been deducted?
6. A popular mall placed a big “up to 40% off” streamer in from it its entrance. You are
planning to buy a television worth $21,550. What is the lowest possible amount that
you will pay if you buy the television?
7. You want to buy a laptop at Best Buy, you saw a “15% off flyer”. The price of the laptop
was $26,350. You asked the owner what price after the discount, and he will be replied
that the tag price was the discounted price. What was the original price of the laptop?
8. What is the sale price of a laptop worth $42,000 which has a 5% discount?
9. After getting an 8% discount, a jacket cost $690. What is the original price?
10. You saved $200 for buying an external hard drive which is marked “5% discount.” How
much was the price of the hard without the discount?
11. Find the compound interest of $12,600 for 2 years at 10% per annum compounded
annually.
12. At what INTEREST RATE of compound interest per year, a sum of $1,200 becomes
$1,348 in 2 years.
13. A TV was bought for $21,000. The value of the TV was depreciated by 5% per year. Find
the value of the TV after 3 years. (Depreciation means the reduction of value due to use
and age of the item)
14. Find the compound interest on $8,000 at 15% per year for 2 years 4 months,
compounded annually.
15. Find the amount and the compounded interest of $100,000 compounded semi-annually
for 9 months at the rate of $4 per year.
16. Calculate the amount, simple interest, and compound interest of a principal of $230,000
at an interest rate of 10% for the following compounding per year.
a) semi-annually
b) annually
c) weekly
d) daily
22. Lucy invested $4,000 in a savings account at a yearly rate of 4.5%. She earned $540 in
interest. How long was the money invested?