Markup and commission word problems

The topic  appears under the 7th Grade Math Mission. This exercise concentrates on business applications of percentage, specifically markup and commission.

Types of Problems
There are two types of problems in this exercise:


 * 1) Find the commission: This problem provides a sales situation where an employee is partially paid on commission. The problem asks the student to provide the amount of commission a person would earn based on an amount of sales.Macwp1.png
 * 2) Find the markup: This problem provides a circumstance where an owner is supposed to markup a price in order to realize a profit. The student is asked to find the markup amount, and the final markup price on different problems.Macwp2.png

Strategies
Knowledge of percentage as related to business would be an advantage here, but is not necessary. Knowing how to work word problems involving percentage is really the most important thing.
 * 1) Research has witnessed instances where the markup problems asks for the markup and the markup price, but no such distinction on the commission problems yet.