Percent change, discounts, tax, tips and interest

Word problems on percent increase and decrease, sale prices, sales tax, tips and simple interest, each with one answer.

About this worksheet

Choose one topic or mix all five. Percent change asks for the percent increase or decrease between two amounts. Discount problems find the sale price, tax problems the total price, tip problems the tip, and interest problems the simple interest earned.

Amounts are chosen so every answer is exact to the cent, and money answers are written in dollars and cents. Each solved example shows the working in two short steps.

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