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7th grade

Course: 7th grade > Unit 3

Lesson 3: Percent word problems
Math
7th grade
Fractions, decimals, & percentages
Percent word problems
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CCSS.Math: 7.RP.A.3
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Problem

The manager at Jessica's Furniture Store is trying to figure out how much to charge for a couch that just arrived. The couch was bought at a wholesale price of dollar sign, 113, point, 00, and Jessica's Furniture Store marks up all furniture by 45, percent.
At what price should the manager sell the couch?
dollar sign, space
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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