Tax
This is the amount of tax Joe will pay for a $15 shirt with 6% tax.
What is $0.90?
The amount of discount on a $30 item with a 25% discount.
What is $7.50
Amount of tip for a $55 bill with 20% tip.
What is $11
20% = 0.20 x 55 = 11
Mandy tries to measure the table length.
Mandy's measurement = 82 cm
Actual length = 84 cm
What's her percent error?
2%
84-82 = 2/84 = 0.02 x 100 = 2% error
A bag of chips was $2 and now it is $3. What is the percent markup?
3 -2 = 1 1/2 = 0.5 x 100 = 50%
This is the amount of tax Sarah will spend on a sweater that costs $27 with a 7% tax.
What is $1.89?
The amount of discount when MIke bought a $990 computer with a 30% discount.
What is $297
Amount of tip for a $15 lunch with 15% tip
What is $2.25
Ben estimates 14 M&M's in his fun size pack. There are actually 16 M&M's.
What is his percent error?
12.5%
16-14 = 2 2/16 = 0.125 x 100 = 12.5
A shirt was bought for $11 and sold for $15. What was the percent markup?
15-11 = 5 4/11 = 0.3636 x 100 = 36%
This is the total cost of a baseball bat priced at $110 with 6.5% tax.
What is $117.15
This is the sale price for an item regularly $65 with a 15% discount.
What is $55.25
Total bill for a $60 dinner with 20% tip.
What is $72
Julio guessed he answered 20 questions correct on the test. But her really he got 23 questions correct. What was his percent error?
13%
23-20 = 3 3/23 = 0.130 x 100 = 13%
40-30 = 10 10/30 = 0.3333 x 100 = 33.3%
The total amount paid for a stereo that costs $59.99 with 7% tax.
What is $64.19
This is the final price for an item costing $85.50 with a 20% discount, then 5% tax?
What is $71.82
Total cost for a $110 dinner with 25% tip!
What is $137.50?
An object has a mass of 50 kg. On Sarah's balance, it weights 48 kg. What is the percent error in her balance?
What is 4%?
Original Price: $49.32
Markup: 37%
What is the new price?
What is $67.57?
What is the original cost of the item that cost $52.50 after 7% tax.
What is $49.07
Tax is 107% or 1.07 to go backward we would divide. 52.50 / 1.07
The cost of an item after a 20% discount is $45.25. What was the original price?
What is $56.56.
20% discount = 80% = 0.80. To go backward we divide. 45.25/0.80 = 56.56
A meal costs $43.45 and you leave an 18% tip. What is the total cost.
What is $51.27
The time taken by Joseph to prepare a maths worksheet is 30 minutes, which the timer wrongly measured as 38 minutes. What is the percent error in the timer?
What is 26.67%?
Jason bought apples from the market for $13. The market marked up the prices by 5%. What was the original price?
What is $12.35?