Question

Griselda budgets 45$ per month before sales tax for clothes. How much will she spend on clothes each month if she is charged 7% sales tax?

Answer 1

what do you need to multiply the original amount by to get sales tax?

Answer 2

45$ divided by 7% ??

Answer 3

You are going to need to convert 7% into a decimal, do you know how to do that?

Answer 4

7 % over 100 . if not that then no.

Answer 5

correct, so based on that, how much tax will she be paying?

Answer 6

7.00 $ ?

Answer 7

no, you need to multiply the rate at which she is paying tax by the amount of tax she is paying

Answer 8

3.15 $

Answer 9

then i add 45$ to 3.15 $ and get 48.15 $ so 48.15 is the answer right?

Answer 10

I think so, is the question asking you how much it costs to buy $45 of clothing with tax or is it asking you how much clothing you can get for $45 before tax.
If it's the first one, then you are done.

Answer 11

thank you so much for explaining it ot me!!

Answer 12

I'm glad to help, as payment, you must help someone else with math one day.