Question

A pair of jeans cost $48. If the sales tax is 6.5%, what is the total cost of the item?

Answer 1

what is 6.25% of $48 ?

Answer 2

why 6.25? wouldnt it be 6.5?

Answer 3

oh sorry misread

Answer 4

yes 6.5% not 6.25%

Answer 5

6.5% of 48 = 0.065*48 = ??

Answer 6

then it would be 312.000

Answer 7

3.12 actually

Answer 8

you forgot to move the decimal to the left 2 spots

Answer 9

this is the amount of tax you have to pay, so add this to the cost to get

48+3.12 = 51.12

so that's your total cost

Answer 10

how did i forget to move left 2 spots?

Answer 11

just wondering

Answer 12

one way to do this is to do 65 times 48 to get 3120

then you have to move the decimal 3 spots to the left (because it's 0.065 and not 65) to go from 3120 to 3.12

Answer 13

not 100% sure why you forgot that step though, it's ok

Answer 14

oh ok i see. i did it another way and i see why i messed up. Thanks!

Answer 15

ok great, glad it's all clicking now

yw