How to Calculate Final Price of an Item On Sale

When you are shopping and find something on sale for 10% off of original price, it's easy to figure out how much the item will be with the discount. But for numbers like 35% off, it's a little harder. If you are like me, and not a "math" person, I can tell you an easy way to do it.

Instructions

1. If the article you want to buy is 10% off of the marked price, it's easy to figure out. If the scarf originally cost $12.00 and it's now 10% off that price, simply subtract $1.20 from $12.00. Once you know that, it's easy to figure out any of the other discounts that might arise.

2. If the coat you want to buy to match your scarf originally cost $129.99, but is now 35% off, first round the price off to $130.00. 10% of $130.00 is $13.00. Since you are getting 35% off, add $13.00 three times (which is 30%). So in other words, 30% of $130.00 would be $39.00.
   What about the other 5% you ask? You know you're already getting $39.00 off because 10% was $13.00. Half of $13.00 is $6.50 so $6.50 is 5% off of $130.00. So we already had $39.00 off the total and now we add the $6.50 for a total of $45.50 off of the original price.

3. To get the total price of the coat after the 35% discount, subtract $45.50 from $130.00. If you're like me and can't calculate it easily in your head, do it the easy way (the math dummy way) and subtract $40 from $130. That would come out to $90. Then subtract another $5.00 to get $85.00. And let's not forget the 50 cents. So your total cost of the coat after the discount would be $84.50. Now you have to worry about tax. You can calculate the tax the same way, just adding the numbers to the total.