7th Grade Math - Calculating Tax

This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS 7.13A:

calculate the sales tax for a given purchase and calculate income tax for earned wages

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Instruction

One of the most basic calculations in financial literacy is how to find sales or income tax given the amount and the tax rate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fU9lH4MJU

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STAAR Practice

Between 2016 and 2025, this supporting standard has been tested 4 times on the STAAR test. Videos explaining the problems can be found below. If you'd rather take a quiz over these questions, click here. The videos below are linked to the questions in the quiz as answer explanations after the quiz is submitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oeUGw9pE9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7l2hbhm6Mk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpwMdvC5Lo4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRnci8CGFC8

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