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Define Sales Tax
A tax on the selling price of an item or service you purchase.
You purchased a pair of sunglasses for 25% off of $125. What is the sunglasses sales price?
$93.75
You decided to purchase a camera for $199.95 and a lens for $19.95. What is the total sales tax if the state tax is 6.25% and a local tax of 2.00%?
$18.14
Unit pricing formula:
Unit price = price of item / measure or count
What is the unit price of a 64 oz. orange juice for $3.49?
3.49 / 64 = $0.0545= $.055 per ounce
You and a friend decide to purchase bikes. You purchase yours for $249 and your friend's bike costs $349. If both of you have a $50 off coupon what would the total price be for both bikes?
$498
Sales tax formula
Sales tax = total selling price x sales tax rate
Your local fast food restaurant has a sale when you purchase 3 or more meals receive a 15% discount. The meals you purchased are $9.75, $15.75, and $19.75. What is the total sales price on the 3 meals?
$38.46
You buy an airline ticket for $654.34 and the sales tax is 5%. What is the cost of the sales tax?
$32.72
A store sells bottles of soda in three sizes
16-ounce $3.49
20-ounce $4.69
36-ounce $6.19
which bottle would be the best price?
36-ounce 17.19
You purchase a bottle of ketchup costing $1.98 with a $0.75 coupon. what is the final price
$1.23
How to find the total purchase price (2 Steps)
1. Sales Tax = Total Selling Price X Sales Tax Rate
2. Total purchase price - total selling price + sales tax
You decided to purchase a car from a car dealership. the price of the car is $23,450.00. The dealership is offering an 8.5% off deal. What is the total price of the car?
$21,456.75
You are planning a camping trip and buy the following items: tent for $199.98, lantern $39.50, and stove $59.95.
The sales tax is 6%. What is the cost of the sales tax?
$17.97
You purchase 15 1-liter bottles of water for $6.44
what is the unit price?
0.43
A high school purchased 90 graphing calculators for $118 each. The school received a manufactures rebate of $10 per calculator. What was the total cost?
$9,720
What is your proof of purchase?
sales receipt
Give the sales tax and the total selling price.
$4.52 sales tax
$90.34 total
You give the sales clerk a $50 bill and a $5 bill and you received $2.40 in change. If the sales tax rate in your community was 5.25%, what was the item's total selling price
$49.84
Which is better ?
box of 50 envelopes for $2.49
box of 100 envelopes for $4.99
box of 500 envelopes for $10.99
best buy - .02 cents
Box of 500 envelopes
Karron's had portable speakers marked down 60% during the closeout sale. If the original price is $348, what is the sale price?
$208.80
What is unit pricing?
A technique that allows shoppers to compare the prices of various items
Gavin buys a digital camera for $599.99, a tripod for $59.97, an accessory kit for $89.99, a printer for 84.99, 4 printer cartridges for $44.99 each, 2 black ink cartridges at $19.99 each, 4 packs of photo paper at 2 for $39.99, and 4 writing pens at 2 for $2.39. The sales tax rate is 6.4%. What is the total selling price? What is the sales tax? What is the total purchase price?
$1,139.64 total selling price
$72.94 sales tax
$1,212.58 total purchase price
You purchase a pair of tennis shoes at a store in Mobile, Alabama. The clerk gave you $38.58 in change from $100.00. The sale tax rate in Alabama is 4%. what is the total price of the shoes?
$59.96
Unit price for a 2-liter bottle priced at $12.50
$6.25 per liter
Gil purchased a 12 speed bike for $249 and his brother purchased a 21 speed bike for $349. Each had a coupon for $24 off one bike. What is the final price of two bikes?
$550