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6.03 Proportional reasoning with percents

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A salesperson earns a $13%$13% commission on their sales each week. In one week, their sales amounted to $\$640$$640.

a

First, find $10%$10% of their total sales.

b

Now find $3%$3% of their total sales. Leave your answer to two decimal places.

c

Hence, find the total commission they made this week. Write your answer to two decimal places.

Medium
2min

A telephone marketer earns a $13%$13% commission on their sales each week. In one week, their sales amounted to $\$970$$970.

Medium
2min

On Monday, Derek had a full tank of $40$40 Liters gasoline. During the week Derek used $55%$55% of the gasoline.

Medium
1min

We want to find $45%$45% of $5$5 hours.

Medium
1min
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7.RP.A.3

Use proportional relationships to solve multi-step ratio and percent problems. Examples: batting averages, recipes, simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error, etc.

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