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How Do You Find the Sale Price? Instructional VideoHow Do You Find the Sale Price? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Sale Price?

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Using two different methods, the instructor shows how to find a percentage of a dollar amount. In this case, the example is a discount on an item priced at one hundred and twenty dollars. By the end of this film, learners should have a better understanding of how to find percentages.

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discounts

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discount, sales price, calculating a percentage, finding a percentage, math
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:13
Audience
For Teacher Use

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Worksheet

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Activity

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