Tax and Tip
Your parents took your family out to dinner. Your parents wanted to give the waiter a 15% tip. If the total amount of the dinner was $42.00, what should be paid to the waiter as a tip?
$6.30
Regular Price: $31.99
Sale Price: $22.39
30% decrease
Cost of a comic book: $3.95 Markup: 20%
What is the new cost of the comic book?
$4.74
Samantha S. Sloppiness measured the volume of her soda before she drank it for her midmorning snack. She measured the volume of the 12 oz. bottle to be 14 oz. Find the percent error.
16.6%
John and his family went out to eat at their favorite restaurant. The bill for the food was $65.00, and they a left 20% tip for the server. What was the total cost of their meal (including tip)?
$78
Before 90
After 200
122% Increase
Original price of a telescope: $99.99 Discount: 13%
What is the new price of the telescope?
$86.99
An object has a mass of 35.0 grams. On Anthony’s balance, it weighs 34.85 grams. What is the percent error of his balance?
0.43
A $250 Suede Jacket is on sale for 20% off. How much should you pay for the jacket?
$200
Last year the 6th grade had 350 students. This year the number decreased 36%. How many students are in this year’s 6th grade class?
224 Students
Original price of an MP3 player: $99.50 Tax: 4%
What is the price of the MP3 player including tax?
$103.48
Joshua uses his thermometer and finds the boiling point of ethyl alcohol to be 75 C. He looks in a reference book and finds that the actual boiling point of ethyl alcohol is 80 C. What is his percent error?
6.25%
Original price = $1,250 Sales tax rate = 6%
The Game Stop is having a sale and all games are reduced by 55%. If a game is now $29.99, what was the original price? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$66.64
Original price of a goldfish: $1.50 Tax: 5%
How much is the TAX on the goldfish?
8 Cents
Mr. Jones estimates that he will spend $120 at the grocery store this week. He actually spends $94.
28%
What is the sales tax if the original price is 2,400 and the sales tax rate is 3.5%?
$84
AYSO has 18 8th grade boys’ teams this year, but this is a 28% (rounded to the nearest whole number) decrease from the prior year. How many 8th grade teams were there last year?
25
Original price of a microphone: $129.99 Tax: 1%
How much is the TAX on the microphone?
$1.29
Elena's Math class had actually had 24students yesterday. She miscounted and recorded it as 20 students.
17%