Sales Clerk Test Template
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2What’s the deal?
Name _____________________________________
You are a sales clerk at Sander’s. The retail manager has asked you to create a price list for
the items listed below. Fill in the chart below based on percent of change. Be sure to indicate
whether the percent of change is a percent of increase or percent of decrease.
Using the first two items as examples for calculating percent of change (either increase or
decrease); find the remaining items’ percent of increase or decrease.
Use the following formula to calculate percent of change (where r is the percent of change you
are trying to find):
difference
=
percent (r)
original amt.
100
Item
Original
New
Difference
% of change
Increase or
price
Price
(use formula)
decrease?
EX: Shoes
$45.95
$99.95
$44.00
95.8%
Increase
EX: T-shirt
$25.62
$15.75
$9.87
38.5%
Decrease
Cell phone
$49.99
$19.99
Shirt
$98.65
$25.54
Skirt
$12.67
$46.87
Blouse
$16.89
$76.56
Book
$25.95
$12.95
Jeans
$13.98
$100.76
Pants
$97.65
$35.98
Birthstone Ring
$67.45
$22.65
Sandals
$78.43
$43.54
I-pod
$34.65
$225.98
1.
What reasons would a retail manager have for marking prices lower? (at least 2)
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2.
What reasons would a retail manager have for marking prices higher? (at least 2)
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3.
As a consumer of products, what would you need to know in order to be a better
consumer?
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4.
What other jobs could use percent of change as part of their career? (at least 2)
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