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Sales tax and cash word problems

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Read which one each problem asks for. Cash totals round to the nearest 5¢ (Canada has no pennies). Ontario adds 13% HST to the items here.

  1. Hana buys a bike bell for £8.77 and a pair of mittens for £10.28. What is the total?
  2. Theo buys a library tote for £8.52 and a box of crayons for £2.99. What is the total?
  3. Yusuf buys a bike bell for £8.47 and a library tote for £6.41. What is the total?
  4. Hana buys a bottle of milk for £4.02 and a bike bell for £7.20. What is the total?
  5. Owen buys a pair of mittens for £11.04 and a bottle of milk for £4.66. What is the total?
  6. Theo buys a library tote for £5.90 and a box of crayons for £2.86. What is the total?
  7. Kofi buys a woolly hat for £19.01 and a pack of pencils for £2.64. What is the total?
  8. Mei buys a bag of apples for £5.92 and a box of crayons for £2.72. What is the total?
  9. Grace buys a bag of apples for £4.92 and a skipping rope for £4.00. What is the total?
  10. Zara buys a bottle of milk for £3.58 and a woolly hat for £14.17. What is the total?
  11. Elif buys a pair of mittens for £8.88 and a library tote for £7.63. What is the total?
  12. Omar buys a bike bell for £9.52 and a library tote for £7.12. What is the total?
  13. Kofi buys a water bottle for £10.38 and a box of crayons for £4.20. What is the total?
  14. Zara buys a woolly hat for £19.39 and a water bottle for £11.68. What is the total?
  15. Noah buys a bottle of milk for £4.95 and a pack of pencils for £2.53. What is the total?
  16. Chloé buys a bike bell for £9.22 and a bag of apples for £5.99. What is the total?
  17. Owen buys a pack of pencils for £3.40 and a woolly hat for £11.03. What is the total?
  18. Omar buys a bike bell for £8.23 and a pack of pencils for £2.21. What is the total?
  19. Yusuf buys a bag of apples for £4.23 and a water bottle for £10.83. What is the total?
  20. Mei buys a box of crayons for £4.21 and a bike bell for £8.64. What is the total?
More free practice: fieldbooklearning.com/uk/practice/year-6/sales-tax-and-cash-word-problems/

Play it as a quiz game

20 of these questions as multiple choice, with near-miss wrong answers, ready for Kahoot or Blooket.

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  2. Click the matching button below, then click the first empty question row of the template and paste.
  3. Save the template (Kahoot needs .xlsx, Blooket .csv) and upload it.
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Answer key: Sales tax and cash word problems

  1. £19.05
  2. £11.51
  3. £14.88
  4. £11.22
  5. £15.70
  6. £8.76
  7. £21.65
  8. £8.64
  9. £8.92
  10. £17.75
  11. £16.51
  12. £16.64
  13. £14.58
  14. £31.07
  15. £7.48
  16. £15.21
  17. £14.43
  18. £10.44
  19. £15.06
  20. £12.85