Material Cost Estimator
Total cost from price per unit and quantity.
Example
You enter
- Unit price ($) 12.5
- Quantity 80
- Tax rate (percent) 8.25
- Delivery fee ($) 50
You get
- Subtotal $1000
- Tax $82.5
- Total $1132.5
Checked against published worked examples from: OpenStax, Rice University.
Details, formula, and sources
Formula or tableTotal cost = quantity × unit_price + tax + shipping. Pure arithmetic.
Source and editionEngineering-practice arithmetic.
Free accessNo licensed source required. The total is definitional arithmetic; the quantity, unit price, tax rate, and shipping are the user's own figures.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namesunit_price, quantity, tax_rate_percent, delivery_fee, subtotal, tax, total