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1.06 Sales tax, commissions and tips

Adaptive
Worksheet

Interactive practice questions

Sharon has finished her meal at a restaurant, but received bad service. She will only be leaving a $10%$10% tip. Help her calculate the tip if the meal, before sales tax, came to $\$36.60$$36.60.

Easy
1min

David is paying for a meal with groups of friends. They received great service, so he is giving a $20%$20% tip. The meal came to $\$173.70$$173.70 before sales tax. How much will he leave as a tip?

Easy
1min

Vanessa wants to leave a $15%$15% tip on a bill of $\$64.54$$64.54 before sales tax. How much tip will she leave? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Medium
< 1min

The sales tax for prepared food in Alabama is $4%$4%.

Calculate how much tax you need to pay on a meal if it costs $\$$$$12.02$12.02 before tax, rounding your answer to the nearest cent.

Medium
1min
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Outcomes

8.CE.1

The student will estimate and apply proportional reasoning and computational procedures to solve contextual problems.

8.CE.1b

Estimate and solve contextual problems that require the computation of the sales tax, tip and resulting total.

8.CE.1c

Estimate and solve contextual problems that require the computation of the percent increase or decrease.

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