Tax
Tip
Discount
What is the total Bill?
5 step strategy
100
A fidget spinner costs $5.00 plus 5% tax. what is the total price?
What is $5.25
100
Your bill was $10 and you leave a %20 tip. What is your total bill?
What is $12.00
100
A $50 video game is on sale for 30% off. What is the new sale price?
What is $35.00
100
Your breakfast came to $8.50 before tax. What is the total bill with 6% tax and 15% tip? The tip is calculated off the bill before tax. Round your bill to the nearest cent.
What is $10.29
100

Name the first step in solving a word problem.

What is Read the question?

200
A Blu-ray copy of The Avengers costs 19.99 plus 7% tax. What is the final cost? (Round answer to the nearest cent.)
What is $21.39
200
You get a haircut for 15 dollars and leave a 15% tip. What was your total bill?
What is $17.25
200
A football costs $18.95 but is on sale for 15% off. What is the sale price? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $16.11
200
Your lunch bill came to $21.60 before tax. What is the total bill after a 6.7% tax and a 16% tip? The tip is calculated off the bill before tax. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $26.51
200
Let me read this problem and see what it's asking.......

What is step 1?

300
A jacket costs 51.50 plus 4.9% tax. What is the amount of tax?
What is $2.52
300
Your dinner came to 59.60 and you leave a %18 tip. What is your total bill? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $70.33
300
A Macbook laptop is originally $1,099.00 but a student discount is offered for %12 off. What is the sale price of the laptop?
What is $967.12
300
Your dinner bill came $45.12 before tax. What is your total bill if there is 8.7% tax and you leave a 20% tip. The tip is calculated off the bill before tax. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $54.80
300

I am going to put this problem into a picture so that I can "visualize" what is going on......

What is step 2?

400
A netflix subscription costs $10.99 plus a .5% tax a month. (round the tax to the nearest cent) What is the cost for a 3-month subscription?
What is $33.12
400
Your Taxi ride came to a total of $12.50 and you leave a %16 tip. What was your total fare?
What is $14.50
400
A new bed mattress is $600.00 but is on sale for 40% off. What is the sales price?
What is $360.00
400
Your pizza delivery was 18.99 before tax. What is the total bill after a 6.6% tax and a 15% tip? The tip is calculated off the bill before tax. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $23.09
400

Ok- so I'm going to arrange my picture into an equation and solve....

What are steps 3 and 4?

500
A PS4 costs $399 before tax. the amount of tax is 9.8% What is the total cost after tax? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $438.10
500
Your bill for a birthday party at Red Robin came to $132.00. You want to give your server a 20% tip. How much tip money are you going to give them?
What is $26.40
500
A round of bowling costs $3.00 but is being offered for 50% off a round of bowling on Wednesdays. How much would 3 rounds of bowling cost on Wednesdays?
What is $4.50
500
The amount of your lunch was $32.25 before tax. What is the total bill after a 7.2% tax and a 19% tip? The tip is calculated off the bill before tax. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $40.70
500

I need to check my answer.......

What is step 5?

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