What is 50% off 25?
50% off 25 = 12.5 (you save 12.5)
- Sale price
- 12.5
- You save
- 12.5
- You pay
- 50%
- Original
- 25
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How to work it out
- Work out the discount: 50% of 25 = 0.5 × 25 = 12.5
- Take it off the price: 25 − 12.5 = 12.5
- Check: Add the saving back: 12.5 + 12.5 = 25.
Another method. In one step: you pay 50% of the price, so 0.5 × 25 = 12.5. Both methods always give the same answer.
In a spreadsheet: =25*(1-50%). Taking the percentage of the price gives the saving, not the price you pay. Subtract it, or multiply by the share that is left.
What the result means
After 50% off, you pay 50% of the price: 12.5 instead of 25, a saving of 12.5.
Shopping: an item marked $25 with 50% off costs $12.5 at the till, before any sales tax.
Stacked discounts
50% off followed by another 50% off is 75% off in total, not 100%: the second discount applies to the lower price.
Related results
| 10% off 25 | 10% off 25 = 22.5 (you save 2.5) |
| 15% off 25 | 15% off 25 = 21.25 (you save 3.75) |
| 20% off 25 | 20% off 25 = 20 (you save 5) |
| 25% off 25 | 25% off 25 = 18.75 (you save 6.25) |
| 30% off 25 | 30% off 25 = 17.5 (you save 7.5) |
| 40% off 25 | 40% off 25 = 15 (you save 10) |
The other way round: 50% of 25. Two discounts do not add up: 50% off and then another 50% off leaves 6.25, not 0, because the second discount is taken of the lower price.
Practice
| 10% off 68 | Show answer10% off 68 = 61.2 (you save 6.8) |
| 55% off 52 | Show answer55% off 52 = 23.4 (you save 28.6) |
| 85% off 24 | Show answer85% off 24 = 3.6 (you save 20.4) |
| 22% off 65 | Show answer22% off 65 = 50.7 (you save 14.3) |
| 28% off 43 | Show answer28% off 43 = 30.96 (you save 12.04) |
| 32% off 13 | Show answer32% off 13 = 8.84 (you save 4.16) |
How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.
Questions
What is 50% off 25?
50% off 25 is 12.5: you save 12.5. Formula and steps for the sale price.
How much do I save with 50% off 25?
12.5. That is 50% of 25.
What was the price before 50% off if I paid 12.5?
25. Divide what you paid by 0.5, the share of the price that is left.