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Sheet # 153/After Christmas Specials

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Did you go shopping right after Christmas? It's amazing how the prices drop on some products. It's also a little annoying when you paid the higher price a few days earlier.

1.Terence bought five calendars for gifts at the Baybrook Mall on December 20. Each calendar cost $10.00. On the day after Christmas they went on sale for 50% off each calendar. Terence could have saved $______________ by waiting until after Christmas.



2.Sierra bought a fleece shirt for $15.00. It was marked down 50% the day after Christmas, so she went back to buy another fleece shirt. How much did she save buying the one shirt after Christmas?




3.Zack saw that his favorite jeans were on sale in two stores at the mall. Gap offered this sale: Buy one pair of jeans at $12.00 and get the second pair for half price! Mervyns offered this deal: Buy two pairs of jeans at the $10.00 each and get the third pair free! Which store had the lowest price per pair of jeans?




4.Wal-Mart is selling artificial Christmas trees for 50% off the regular price. How much will a $150.00 tree cost now?




5.All Christmas ornaments were priced from 50 cents to $2.00 before Christmas at the Dollar Store. Now the prices are marked 25 cents to $1.00. How much would you be saving?
A.50% off
B.75% off