The sales tax in your city is 4.4% and an item costs $3 before tax how much tax would you pay on that item

Answer 1

A percent can be written i decimal form by dividing by 100. For example, 25% = 25/100 = 0.25

4.4% is equivalent to 4.4 /100 = 0.044

Therefore the amount of tax is determined by:

TAX : 0.044 * $3 = $0.132 or 13 and 2 tenths cents

(I would assume you would round to $0.13 or 13 cents)