What is 50% off 75?
50% off 75 = 37.5 (you save 37.5)
- Sale price
- 37.5
- You save
- 37.5
- You pay
- 50%
- Original
- 75
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How to work it out
- Work out the discount: 50% of 75 = 0.5 × 75 = 37.5
- Take it off the price: 75 − 37.5 = 37.5
- Check: Add the saving back: 37.5 + 37.5 = 75.
Another method. In one step: you pay 50% of the price, so 0.5 × 75 = 37.5. Both methods always give the same answer.
In a spreadsheet: =75*(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: 37.5 instead of 75, a saving of 37.5.
Shopping: an item marked $75 with 50% off costs $37.5 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 75 | 10% off 75 = 67.5 (you save 7.5) |
| 15% off 75 | 15% off 75 = 63.75 (you save 11.25) |
| 20% off 75 | 20% off 75 = 60 (you save 15) |
| 25% off 75 | 25% off 75 = 56.25 (you save 18.75) |
| 30% off 75 | 30% off 75 = 52.5 (you save 22.5) |
| 40% off 75 | 40% off 75 = 45 (you save 30) |
The other way round: 50% of 75. Two discounts do not add up: 50% off and then another 50% off leaves 18.75, not 0, because the second discount is taken of the lower price.
Practice
| 10% off 35 | Show answer10% off 35 = 31.5 (you save 3.5) |
| 25% off 70 | Show answer25% off 70 = 52.5 (you save 17.5) |
| 94% off 12 | Show answer94% off 12 = 0.72 (you save 11.28) |
| 37% off 38 | Show answer37% off 38 = 23.94 (you save 14.06) |
| 21% off 8 | Show answer21% off 8 = 6.32 (you save 1.68) |
| 24% off 90 | Show answer24% off 90 = 68.4 (you save 21.6) |
How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.
Questions
What is 50% off 75?
50% off 75 is 37.5: you save 37.5. Formula and steps for the sale price.
How much do I save with 50% off 75?
37.5. That is 50% of 75.
What was the price before 50% off if I paid 37.5?
75. Divide what you paid by 0.5, the share of the price that is left.