Find the Sales Tax and Total Cost
Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher
"Find the Sales Tax and Total Cost" is written for 6th Grade (Ages 11-12), and it covers Common Core 6.RP.A.3.C. If your student is a year younger but already steady on percents, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and percent word problems never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.
6th grade math worksheet: find the sales tax and total cost for 6 items, such as $48.00 at 6% and $36.40 at 6.5%. Answer key included. Part of our percent word problems percents collection. Aligned to Common Core standards.
How do I use this worksheet?
Start with sales tax and discounts, where students multiply by a percent written as a decimal. Use the original price and percent change pages after that, since they divide instead.
What students will practice
- Students will find the sales tax on 6 prices by multiplying by the tax rate as a decimal.
- Students will round tax to the nearest cent, as in $12.99 at 5% giving $0.65.
- Students will add the tax to the price to find totals such as $98.05.
Curriculum Links
Common Core State Standards
Ratios and Proportional Relationships · 6th Grade
Standard: Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
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FAQ
How do I use this percent word problems worksheet?
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Start with sales tax and discounts, where students multiply by a percent written as a decimal. Use the original price and percent change pages after that, since they divide instead.
What does this worksheet teach?
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Find the sales tax and total cost for 6 items, such as $48.00 at 6% and $36.40 at 6.5%. Sales tax is a percent of the price that is added to it. For example, 5% tax on $30.00 is $1.50, so the total is $31.50. The directions on the page read: Find the sales tax and the total cost for each item. Round the tax to the nearest cent. Use the space under each item for your work. An answer key is included.
Can I use this percent word problems worksheet for homeschool or classroom?
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Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade percents, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with percent word problems. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.
How do you find the sales tax and total cost?
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Multiply the price by the tax rate written as a decimal, then add. 6% tax on $48.00 is 48.00 × 0.06 = $2.88, so the total is $50.88.
How do you find a sale price after a discount?
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Multiply the price by the percent off and subtract. A $45.00 item at 30% off has a $13.50 discount, so it costs $31.50.
How do you find the original price before a discount?
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Divide the sale price by the percent of the original price that is left. A jacket that costs $42.00 after 30% off is 70% of the original price, so 42.00 ÷ 0.7 = $60.00.
Is there an answer key?
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Yes. All 10 percent word problem sheets have an answer key that shows the work and rounds money to the nearest cent.
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