Percents Proportions Tax

What is 50% of 80?

• 400

• 40

• 160

• 20

What is 30% of 60?

• 12

• 6

• 200

• 18

10 is what percent of 40?

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

• 50%

Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $26.00

• $6

• $0.60

• $0.66

Hint: One way to do this is to multiply the total by 1.06 for the tax.

Mathematical Equivalence

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Two pairs of jeans cost $75

before tax. If the total paid

for the two pairs of jeans

with tax was $81, what is

the percentage of tax paid?

• 8%

• 6%

• 5%

How much tax would you pay on a new TV that is $899 at Best Buy, if the tax rate is 6.5%?

• $957.44

• $841

• $58.43

How much tax would you pay on a new TV that is $899 at Best Buy, if the tax rate is 6.5%?

• $957.44

• $841

• $58.43

• $584.30

Carrie's car is valued at $11,250. If the property tax rate is 1.5%, how much tax does she owe?

• $1687.50

• $168.75

• $16.88

• $1.69

Tags

CCSS.Math.Content.7.RP.A.3

Lamont wants to save up for the new Jordan 13 Hyper Royal shoes in March. He knows the shoes are $190. Taxes will be 7.5%. Which expression shows how much he will need for the TAX of one pair of shoes, s?

• s + 0.075s

• 1.075s

• 0.075s

• s - 0.075s

Tags

CCSS.Math.Content.7.RP.A.3