how do you add the 8% tax for the money you spent at the store (ex:$27.25)?

Question

I don't know how to calculate the tax in the total sum. Can anyone show me how to do that or give me a website with simple instructions. thankyou.

Answer 1

You can either:

1. Multiply the sum by 0.08, then add that to the sum or,
2. Multiply the sum by 1.08.

Answer 2

All you need to do is get a calculator, take the 27.25 and divide that by 100 for 100% that gives you what 1% of the price is then just multiply that by 8. That gives you the total of the tax, then you just add that to the total price of the item.

Answer 3

Its pretty easy; you take the base price (lets use $27.25) and take the tax rate (8%) and multiply them. Since you cannot multiply percents by decimals, to do this, you need to change the percent into one. Imagine the % sign as a decimal. (8.00) Move the decimal to the LEFT two places. (8. changed to .08) The percent is now in decimal form. You can now multiply $27.25 by .08. This comes to $2.18. This is how much the tax would be in that particular item; add it to the original base price of $27.25.
(=$29.43)

Answer 4

Without getting complicated about it, you can do it pretty easily by multiplying $27.25 by .08 (that is the decimal equivalent of 8%). The answer is $2.18, so you'd add that to 27.25, and the total sum would be $29.43.

Answer 5

The way you add tax is by multiplying the total amount by 1.08

For example if you spend $100.00 and the tax percentage is 10% you multiply 100.00 x 1.10 ok

Using your example you multiply 27.25 x 1.08 = 29.43

Answer 6

27.25 X 1.08 = Total with 8% tax

Answer 7

If accuracy is not a big deal just use 10% and guess the difference backwards. 10% of $27.25 = $2.72 or if you want a website try http://www.onlineconversion.com/percentcalc.htm

Answer 8

just multiply .8 by it

Answer 9

multiply by .08

27.25 x .08 = 2.18

27.25 + 2.18 = 29.43

Answer 10

(27.75(or any other number) * 0.08) + 27.75 = total sum.