Question

Steve paid 10% tax on a purchase of $40. Select the dollar amount of the tax and the total dollar amount Steve paid on the number line.

Answer 1

Tax= $4

Total payed: $44

Explanation:

It´s very simple, you just have to calculate the tax by multiplying the cost of the purchase by the percentage, you just do a rule of thirds:

Now we just clear the X to solve for the value of the 10%:

So we know that the tax is 10% of $40 which is $4.

The total payed is calculated by adding up the cost plus the taxes:

Total payed= Cost+Taxes

Total payed= $40+$4

Total payed: $44

Answer 2

10 percent of 40 dollars is basically 10 parts out of 100 parts of 40 dollars, which is 4 dollars (0.1(40) = 4). Steve paid 4 dollars in taxes and 44 dollars in total.