Last year, Wal Mart ran an ad stating that shoppers spending $100 per week at a supermarket
could save on average more than $700 a year by purchasing the same kind of packaged grocery products at Wal Mart.
What percent are you saving if you buy your groceries at Wal Mart?
Use $700 as the savings per year.
Solution to the Problem:
The answer is 13.46%.
At $100 per week, a shopper would spend $5,200 in a year.
Wal Mart claims that the shopper would save $700 if she shopped at Wal Mart.
So, the shopper would save 700 out of 5200 or 13.46%.
Correctly solved by:
| 1. John Funk | Ventura, California |
| 2. Trudy Duncan | ---------- |
| 3. Tom Robb's AFDA Class |
John Handley High School, Winchester, Virginia |