__________ tax is a tax calculated on the subtotal of your bill.

Question

Sales ***

Credit

Income

To find just the tax amount of a given subtotal, you would ___________________.

multiply by the sum of one and the sales tax rate

multiply by the sales tax rate ***

add the sales tax rate

You are at the grocery store and you purchase 2 whole chickens for $12.99 each.  Sales tax is 6%.  What is the total you will pay?

$15.59 ***

$27.54

$13.77

Answer 1

The first two are right., The last answer is wrong.

Answer 2

is the last one b?

Answer 3

Yes, b.

Answer 4

can you help me with 3 more, ms sue?

Answer 5

Sure, :-)

Answer 6

You are in "Car Parts USA" buying some oil filters. The original price is $6.99, but you have a coupon for $3.00 off. Sales tax is 6%. What is your total amount you will pay for the filter?

$3.18 ***

$4.23

$10.59

You are at a convenience store picking up some iced tea. You see that tea is on sale for, "Buy one get one half off". If the tea normally costs $2.39 and you want four, what will be the subtotal?

$4.78

$9.56

$7.17 ***

You buy 2 gallons of paint from the hardware store for a home project. The paint normally costs $13.50/ gallon, but there is a sale for 3/$36. If sales tax is 6% and we can still get the sale price for two gallons, what would the total cost be?

$25.44

$28.62 ***

$38.16

Answer 7

The second is right. The other two are wrong.

Answer 8

1. b
3. d

is that correct?

Answer 9

One of your new answers is right and one is wrong.

Please reread and rework both problems. Do not post these questions again.