Read a grocery receipt and spot pricing mistakes: test your skills
Tax codes, unit prices and promo lines — your receipt says considerably more than the total. Answer each question to see the explanation; your score appears at the end.
This test checks that you can
- Find promotions that did not ring up
- Sanity-check the tax line
- Compare stores fairly
- Practice
1. A “2 for $5” deal shows no discount line. What happened?
- Practice
2. How do you sanity-check tax?
- Practice
3. What can receipts show over months?
- Key idea
4. Which statement best explains "Promotions need a matching line"?
- Key idea
5. Which statement best explains "Tax is a quick multiplication"?
- Key idea
6. Which statement best explains "Receipts become a price history"?
- Action plan
7. In the action plan, which step comes first?
- Mistake to avoid
8. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
- Mistake to avoid
9. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
Taxable items total $25.00 and your rate is 8%. The tax line says $2.40. Is it right?
Show the answer
No — it should be $2.00
$25.00 × 0.08 = $2.00. $2.40 suggests an extra item was taxed; worth checking.
On your next receipt, find one promotion and confirm its discount line.