How to Calculate Discount and Sale Price
What is the discount?
To find the discount on a $5.00 jar of candy labeled 50% off.
What is the sale price of the jar of candy?
What is the final price you will pay after the discount?
Answer:
The discount is $2.50.
When a $5.00 jar of candy is labeled 50% off, it means you will get a discount of half the original price. In this case, half of $5.00 is $2.50.
Therefore, the sale price of the jar of candy after the discount is $2.50.
To verify this calculation, you can multiply 2.50 by 2, and you will get the original price of $5.00, confirming that the discount is accurate.