Question

Luisa sells stuffed animals. She sells a stuffed elephant for $34.90, and the sales tax is 6% of the sale price. About how much is the sales tax on the elephant

Answer 1

$2.10 is the rounded sales tax price

Answer 2

just multiply the original price with the Number of percent to get the percentage, like this:

$34.90 \times \frac{6 }{100}$