Introduction to Discount

04 Try it yourself Interactive

One discount, in both directions

This console runs the marked price down to a selling price and shows the multiplier form alongside the subtraction. Set the tax to zero to keep it to a pure discount; the tax control becomes the subject of a later lesson, and it is here so you can see that the discount is always applied first.

Marked 200, 10% off

SP 180

Leave the tax at 0% for a pure discount question. With tax above zero the console shows the shop-and-exam order: discount first, then tax on the reduced figure.

Press Next to work through it one step at a time.

Marked–

After discount–

Final paid–

Net vs MP–

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