Questions about the Tax, Tip and Discount poster

What’s on the Tax, Tip and Discount poster?

The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Add a percentage by multiplying by (1 + rate). Take one off by multiplying by (1 − ra…; new = original × (1 ± rate); £25 plus 8% tax = £27.00; £46 bill, 18% tip = £54.28; £60 coat, 25% off = £45.00; 30% off, then 10% more off = × 0.7 × 0.9 = 0.63; Common mistake: 30% off then 10% off = 40% off → it is 37% off. Simple interest: I = P × r × t. Principal, rate, time — all in matching units.

Who is the Tax, Tip and Discount poster for?

Tax, Tip and Discount is filed under 7th Grade (ages 12–13), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Tax, Tip and Discount poster?

One multiplication, not two steps. It is faster and there is less to get wrong. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Tax, Tip and Discount belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Tax, Tip and Discount?

Angle Pairs, Area of a Circle and Box Plots sit alongside Tax, Tip and Discount in the 7th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Angle PairsArea of a CircleBox Plots

Is the Tax, Tip and Discount poster free to download and print?

Yes. Tax, Tip and Discount downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 7th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Tax, Tip and Discount poster print at?

Tax, Tip and Discount is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Tax, Tip and Discount loses nothing.Printing guide