Question

What is the total of a $150.00 necklace if the sale tax is 6.5%.

Hint:
(original cost + sales tax = total cost)

Answer 1

$150 necklace and a 6.5% sales tax:

First, the easiest way to figure this out is to convert the percentage (6.5) into a number that you can calculate with. Take your percentage and divide it over the number 100.

`(6.5)/(100) = 0.06`

Now that we have a number that we can calculate with, our next step is to multiply our new number with the total amount that we have to spend on the necklace.

`0.06 * 150.00 = 9.75`

Knowing that you are going to have to pay an extra $9.75 due to sales taxes, you can now add the tax up with the original price to get the total value you are going to have to pay.

`150.00 + 9.75 = 159.75`

Answer: $159.75