Question

USE KANSAS, you decide to buy a board game to play. The cost of the game is between $10 and $20, and it MUST NOT BE A WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.


1. Decide the cost of the board game. Write it here:$10.50 (no whole dollar amounts)

2. Now YOU WILL FIGURE THE KANSAS sales tax which is 6.50% Tax will be money ______

3. Now you will add your game cost and sale tax for TOTAL COST _______________

Show your work and round appropriately for full credit.

Answer 1

Let's start with the cost of the board game, which you've decided is $10.50.

1. **Cost of the board game:** $10.50

2. **Calculating the Kansas sales tax:**
- Sales tax rate: 6.50%
- To calculate the sales tax, convert the percentage to a decimal and multiply by the cost of the game.

\[
\text{Sales tax} = \text{Cost of the game} \times \text{Tax rate} = 10.50 \times 0.065
\]

\[
\text{Sales tax} = 10.50 \times 0.065 = 0.6825
\]

Rounding this to two decimal places, the sales tax is:

\[
\text{Sales tax} \approx 0.68
\]

3. **Total Cost:**
- Now, we will add the sales tax to the cost of the game.

\[
\text{Total Cost} = \text{Cost of the game} + \text{Sales Tax} = 10.50 + 0.68
\]

\[
\text{Total Cost} = 11.18
\]

In summary:
- **Cost of the board game:** $10.50
- **Sales tax:** $0.68
- **Total cost:** $11.18