Idea 14of 23Builds onProperty tax comes from a home's value
Gas tax is counted by the litre
How can a tax be cents on each litre, not a percent?
Today you'll discover
- what gas tax is
- how to find it for many litres
Think firstFilling a car with 40 litres of gas
The federal gas tax is 10¢ on every litre. How much is it on 40 litres?
Decide first, then press Next. Each small box in the bar is one litre.
A bar cut into 40 small boxes, one for each litre of gas. One box is shaded: federal gas tax, 10¢ on 1 litre. Then every box is shaded: 40 × 10¢ = $4.00. Then a second bar of 60 boxes: $6.00. The last step shows 25 litres.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Gas tax is a set number of cents on every litre, so more litres means more tax.
Easy to get wrongOntario adds its own gas tax on each litre too, and HST is added on top. A litre of gas carries more than one tax.
Key word
- gas tax
- a tax of a set number of cents on each litre of gas; the federal one is 10¢, and Ontario adds its own
About this modelRound, made-up numbers for learning; real amounts depend on many things.
Round, made-up numbers for learning; real amounts depend on many things.
Ready to use it?
- Find the gas tax on a number of litres.
- Change cents to dollars and cents.