Discounts in Cooking & Recipes: Real-world Applications
Mathematics
Grade 8
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet exploring discounts through cooking and recipes, focusing on percentage decrease calculations in real-world culinary contexts.
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Discounts in Cooking & Recipes: Real-world Applications
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Practice Questions
Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
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A chef buys 10 kg of flour for $50. If there is a 10% discount on the bulk purchase, how much does the chef pay after the discount? Show your working.
[3 marks]2.
A recipe calls for 200g of sugar. If the sugar is on a 15% discount, what is the discounted price if 1kg costs $4? Show your calculations.
[3 marks]3.
A baking kit originally costs $80. During a sale, it is offered at a 25% discount. What is the sale price? Show your working.
[2 marks]4.
A chef reduces the price of a set of utensils from $120 to $96. What is the percentage decrease? Show your working.
[3 marks]5.
A cake baking class offers a 30% discount on a $50 class. How much does the class cost after the discount?
[2 marks]6.
A certain spice costs $8 for 100g. During a sale, the price decreases by 20%. What is the new cost per 100g? Show your working.
[3 marks]7.
A baking oven's price dropped from $1,200 to $900 during a clearance sale. What percentage decrease is this? Show your work.
[3 marks]8.
A cooking class originally costs $100. It is offered at a 40% discount. What is the discounted price? Show your working.
[2 marks]9.
A chef buys 5 bottles of vanilla extract, each costing $12. If there is a 15% discount on the total purchase, what is the total cost after discount?
[3 marks]10.
A recipe requires 3 eggs, and a pack of 12 eggs costs $4. During a sale, the pack is reduced by 25%. How much does it cost to buy 3 eggs at the discounted price? Show your calculations.
[3 marks]11.
Error Analysis: A student calculates a 20% discount on a $60 item and states the sale price as $48. Is this correct? If not, identify and correct the mistake.
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- 1/1/2026
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- 1/1/2026
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