Consumer math · grades 6–8
Discount, Sales Tax and Tip Worksheet Generator
Build short real-world percentage practice around sale prices, practice sales-tax rates, and restaurant tips. Money is calculated in integer cents so totals stay exact to the cent.
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Discount, Tax & Tip Practice
Discount · tax · tip · exact money values · Seed 261301
$97.00 + 10% tax -> total ____
$208.00, 10% off -> sale price ____
$162.00 + 10% tax -> total ____
$166.00 + 22% tip -> total ____
$180.00, 30% off -> sale price ____
$132.00 + 18% tip -> total ____
$25.00 + 25% tip -> total ____
$151.00 + 18% tip -> total ____
$136.00 + 10% tip -> total ____
$37.00, 40% off -> sale price ____
$104.00 + 5% tax -> total ____
$70.00 + 7% tax -> total ____
$164.00 + 25% tip -> total ____
$149.00 + 18% tip -> total ____
$140.00, 15% off -> sale price ____
$123.00 + 25% tip -> total ____
$197.00, 10% off -> sale price ____
$84.00 + 15% tip -> total ____
Calculating a discount, sales tax, or tip
A discount, a sales tax, and a tip are all a percent of an amount. Find the percent of the original price by converting the percent to a decimal and multiplying. Then subtract for a discount, or add for tax and tip. A shortcut for a discount is to pay the remaining percent: a 25% discount means you pay 75% of the price.
Worked examples
- A $40 jacket is 25% off. The discount is 0.25 × 40 = $10, so the sale price is 40 − 10 = $30. The shortcut gives the same answer: 75% of 40 is $30.
- A $12 item has 8% sales tax. The tax is 0.08 × 12 = $0.96, so the total is $12.96.
- A 15% tip on a $60 meal is 0.15 × 60 = $9, so the total is $69.
- Discount first, then tax: a $50 item is 20% off, so it costs $40. With 5% tax the tax is 0.05 × 40 = $2, and the total is $42.
Common slips
- Subtracting the percent number directly. A 25% discount on $40 is not $40 − 25 = $15.
- Converting the percent wrongly. 8% is 0.08, not 0.8.
- Stopping at the tax or tip. The question usually asks for the total, so add it to the price.
- Applying tax to the original price when the problem says the discount comes first.
How to use this worksheet
Ask students to write the percent as a decimal, the amount of the discount, tax, or tip, and then the final price on three separate lines. The answer key gives the final amounts, so each line can be checked.
Common Core connection
- 7.RP.A.3 · Solve multistep ratio and percent problems, including tax, tips, discounts, and interest.
A practical match for the skill this worksheet practises, not a claim that one worksheet teaches or assesses the whole standard. Check the official math standards.
Discount problems ask for the sale price, while tax and tip problems ask for the final total. This keeps the operation goal explicit without requiring a long word-problem paragraph.
The tax rates are generic practice rates, not jurisdiction-specific tax guidance. Their purpose is percent reasoning and money arithmetic.
Have students calculate the percent amount separately before combining it with the original price when they need more scaffolding.
Trace a full item: a $40 shirt at 25% off has a $10 discount and a $30 sale price; 8% tax on $30 is $2.40, so the final total is $32.40.
The two-step structure is the skill. Students often stop at the percent amount ($10) instead of the sale price or final total the question actually asks for.
More percentage practice
Switch the missing quantity
Questions people ask
Are the tax rates tied to a real state or city?
No. They are generic practice rates chosen for clean percentage arithmetic, not current jurisdiction-specific tax rates.
Which standard does this practice?
CCSS 7.RP.A.3: solve multistep ratio and percent problems, with tax, tip, discount, and markup listed as example contexts.
Does sales tax apply before or after a discount?
After. Tax is calculated on the discounted price, so these problems find the sale price first and then add the practice tax rate to that amount.
Are money answers rounded?
No hidden rounding is needed. Problems are constructed so discount, tax, and tip adjustments are exact to the cent.
What kinds of questions are mixed together?
The sheet can include sale price after a discount, total after a practice sales-tax rate, and total after a tip.
Can I print without the answer key?
Yes. Turn off Include answer key before downloading.