Jordan bought pants that were $29.95. The sales tax amount is 9%. What is the amount of sales tax? What is the total cost of the pants (cost + tax)? Solve any way you wish, showing your thinking.
To find the tax, multiply 29.95 by .09. This gets us 2.6955. We can round this to $2.70. Now, we add the tax to the cost of the pants. This gets us 32.65. This means the total cost, with tax, is $32.65.
