Grade 9 Sales Tax Worksheet
A worksheet for Grade 9 students to practice calculating sales tax and total cost, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, and short answer questions.
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Sales Tax Practice
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Read each question carefully and calculate the sales tax and/or total cost. Show your work where applicable.
1. A pair of shoes costs $50. The sales tax rate is 6%. What is the sales tax amount?
$3.00
$6.00
$53.00
$56.00
2. A jacket is priced at $80. If the sales tax is 8%, what is the total cost of the jacket?
$6.40
$80.00
$86.40
$88.00
3. Sales tax is usually calculated as a of the original price.
4. To find the total cost, you add the original price and the .
5. If an item costs $20 and the sales tax is $1.50, the sales tax rate is .
6. A bicycle costs $250. The sales tax rate is 7%. Calculate the sales tax amount and the total cost.
7. You buy a book for $15 and a pen for $2. The sales tax rate is 5%. What is the total amount you will pay?
8. Sales tax is always the same percentage in every state.
True
False
9. To calculate sales tax, you multiply the original price by the sales tax rate (as a decimal).
True
False
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