Sales Tax
Commission
Tips
Story Problems
What could it be?
100
$195.18
Find the total cost for a purchase of $185 if the sales tax rate is 5.5%.
100
$96
Find the commission on an $800 car with 12% commission rate.
100
$12.00
You want to tip 10% on a bill of $120. How much is the tip going to be?
100
$37.79
Find the total cost. $35.99 with a 5% sales tax.
100
$150
What is the commission of a $2,000 sale with a rate of 7.5%?
200
$169.59
The price of a bicycle you have been planning to buy is $159.99. The sales tax rate is 6%. How much will you pay for the bicycle?
200
$200
Find the commission on a $2,500 trip to the Bahamas with an 8% commission rate.
200
$51.75
What is the total cost of a bill that is $45 with a 15% tip?
200
$10.35
What would be a 15% tip on a bill of $68.50?
200
$54
A store pays a 6% commission on the first $500 in sales and 8% on sales over $500. Find the commission on an $800 sale.
300
$36.48
A video game that normally costs $40.00 is on sale for $34.98. The sales tax rate is 4.5%. Find the total sale cost of the video game.
300
$47.50
Rental agents often charge a fee for finding apartments. Lisa'a agent charges 5% of the monthly rent. What fee will Lisa pay for an apartment with a monthly rent of $950?
300
$23
Your neighbor pays $40 to have her lawn mowed and always adds a 15% tip. You and your friend decide to mow the lawn together and split the earnings evenly. How much will each of you make?
300
No
A robot building club organizes competitions by weight categories, called classes. Each class permits a percent error of 0.3% In the 5-kg class, one robot weighs 4.925 kg. Is the robots weight acceptable?
300
The 10 pound bag
The prices of three different bags of apples are listed below. Which one has the lowest price per pound? 5(lb) bag - $3.49 10(lb) bag - $6.70 15(lb) bag - $10.33
400
Ohio - $13.77 Michigan - $14.76
In Ohio, a CD that is priced at $12.99 has a sales tax rate of 6%. In Michigan, a CD that is priced at $13.99 has a sales tax rate of 5.5%. In which state would the CD be cheaper?
400
$700
A sales agent earns a weekly salary of $650 plus a commission of 4% on all sales. His sales this week are $1,250. How much does he earn?
400
13%
Your restaurant bill including tip cost $35. If you tipped $4.50, what percentage did you use?
400
Yes, the bat is too heavy
At a sporting goods factory, a quality control technician checking the weights of baseball bats measures a bat that should weigh 26 oz at 26.25 oz. If a bat is not within a 0.6% of its specified weight, it gets rejected. Is this bat going to be too heavy?
400
C $52.80
A rental agency charges a fee of 6% of a months rent for finding an apartment. Nicholas is looking at apartments with monthly rents of $880, $960 and $1050. What is the lowest fee he might pay? A- $63.00 B- $57.60 C- $52.80 D- $51.00
500
TV1 - $721.85 TV2- $729.99
You decide you want a new flatscreen TV. The TV that you really want is normally priced at $680.99 and has a sales tax rate of 6%. You think that is too expensive and decide you want to look elsewhere. You find a new TV on sale for $729.99 with no sales tax charged. Which TV would be the better deal?
500
$849
Suppose you earn a weekly salary of $800 plus a commission of 3.5% on all sales. Find your earnings for a week with total sales of 1,400.
500
$25
Your lunch bill is $19.75. A 5% sales tax will be added, and you want to leave a tip of 20% of $19.75. About how much will you pay for lunch?
500
$33.75
In one state, drivers of cars that are 8 to 9 years old pay a registration fee just 0.75% of the vehicles assessed value (its current worth). what is the fee to register a 8 year old car with an assessed value of $4,500?
500
NO
A company manufactures lightweight skateboard decks. The specified weight of a deck is 1.40 kg, with a percent error of 0.45%. Is a 1.407 kg deck acceptable?
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