Practicing Sales Tax

What is sales tax?

• A discount offered by stores on sales

• A tax imposed on goods and services at the point of sale

• A tax collected at the end of the year on total purchases

• A tax charged only on luxury goods

If a shirt costs $25 and the sales tax rate is 8%, how much is the sales tax?

• $1.50

• $2.00

• $2.50

• $3.00

A person buys an item for $45, and the sales tax rate is 6%. What is the total cost of the item?

• $47.50

• $47.70

• $50.00

• $51.30

What is the formula to calculate sales tax?

• Total Price × Sales Tax Percentage

• Total Price + Sales Tax Percentage

• Sales Tax Percentage × 100

• Total Price + Sales Tax Percentage

If an item costs $100 and the sales tax is 5%, how much will the total cost be?

• $100

• $102.50

• $105.00

• $110.00

A pair of jeans costs $50. If the total bill is $53.50, what is the sales tax rate?

• 5%

• 6%

• 7%

• 8%

If you buy an item for $80 and the sales tax rate is 7.5%, what is the amount of sales tax?

• $5.00

• $6.00

• $6.50

• $7.00

A new phone costs $1,200, and the sales tax is 9%. How much sales tax will you pay?

• $100.80

• $108.00

• $120.00

If a jacket costs $120 and the total price after tax is $127.80, what is the sales tax rate?

• 5.5%

• 7.5%

• 7.0%

• 6.5%

If a laptop costs $900, and the sales tax rate is 8%, what will be the total cost of the laptop including tax?

• $918.00

• $972.00

• $980.00

• $1,000.00