Question

What is the tax (8%) on a $2.50 magazine

Answer 1

2.50X.08=.2
tax is 20 cents

8 percent =.08 as a decimal. to get the decimal of a percent pretend 8 percent is an 8 with an invisible decimal point at its right. so 8% is 8.0. to get a decimal of a percent, move the point two times to the left, and you will put in a 0 for the blank. so its ._8, where he blank is 0 and so 8%=.08

Answer 2

multiply 0.08 times 2.50 you'll get $0.2 twenty cents