You are on vacation and want to buy a pair of sunglasses for $10 or less. You find a pair with a price tag of $10. The cashier says the total cost will be $10.45. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
10.2: Shopping in Two Different Cities
10.3: Shopping in a Third City
10.4: Dining at a Restaurant
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Different cities have different sales tax rates. Here are the sales tax charges on the same items in two different cities. Complete the tables.
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Question 2
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City 1
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Question 3
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City 2
Here is the sales tax on the same items in City 3.
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Question 4
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What is the tax rate in this city?
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Question 5
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For the sales tax on the laundry soap, Kiran says it should be $0.84. Lin says it should be $0.87. Do you agree with either of them? Explain your reasoning.
Jada has a meal in a restaurant. She adds up the prices listed on the menu for everything they ordered and gets a subtotal of $42.00.
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Question 6
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When the check comes, it says they also need to pay $3.99 in sales tax. What percentage of the subtotal is the sales tax?
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Question 7
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After tax, the total is $45.99. What percentage of the subtotal is the total?
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Question 8
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They actually pay $52.99. The additional $7 is a tip for the server. What percentage of the subtotal is the tip?
The tax rate at this restaurant is 9.5%.
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Question 9
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Another person’s subtotal is $24.95. How much will their sales tax be?
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Question 10
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Some other person’s sales tax is $1.61. How much was their subtotal?
Question 11
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Elena's cousins went to a restaurant. The part of the entire cost of the meal that was tax and tip together was 25% of the cost of the food alone. What could the tax rate and tip rate be?