Question

Jaiden buys 4 math notebooks. They cost $3.50 each.

He has to pay 6.5% sales tax. How much does he pay total
for the notebooks? Show all your steps.

Answer 1

$14.91

Explanation:

You want to know the cost of 4 notebooks at $3.50 each after 6.5% sales tax is added.

Tax

The added tax multiplies the extended price by (1 +6.5%) = 1.065. The extended price is the product of quantity and price each.

Total

The total price of the purchase is ...

4 × $3.50 × 1.065 = $14.91