Find the Original Price given the Discount Percent

Learn how to figure out the original price from the percent and the discount price.
Sample original price questions
John saw that the $15.00 t-shirt he liked was discounted 25% from the original price.
What was the original price of the t-shirt?

Drew bought a used Honda Accord that cost $300. This amount was 70% of the original price. What was the original price of the car?

Refurbished computers sell at 40% discount of the original price. Amazon sells a fast,sleek, refurbished computer for $800. What was the original price of this computer?

Math Standard: MGSE6.RP.3c Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g. 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); given a percent, solve problems involving finding the whole given a part and the part given the whole.
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