Sales Tax Activity

Sales tax practice where students apply category rates (32% for appliances, 7% for food, 18% for cars, 22% for houses and 12% for clothes) to a list of prices and find each final cost.
Grades
Grades 3–10
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2
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PDF
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Life Studies
Topic
Sales Tax, Sales Tax Activity
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Activity Introduction

An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about STEM subjects.

Sales Tax

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Sales Tax

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instructions

Figure out the price of each product after adding the sales tax using this information: Appliances have 32% taxes, food has 7% taxes, cars have 18% taxes, houses have 22% taxes, and clothes have 12% taxes.

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Available in a PDF format.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Calculate sales tax as a percentage of a price

  • Find a final price by adding tax to the original amount

Skills covered

  • Percent calculation — applying a different tax rate to each product category

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