Question

Mark and his three friends ate out at Applebee’s. Their bill totaled $52.35. If they left the server a 20% tip, how much would each person pay splitting the bill evenly

Answer 1

Hey there!

For this problem, you'll first want to calculate how much the bill will be including the 20% tip. To convert a percentage to a decimal, take the decimal point to the left two numbers. Remember that 20 is the same thing as 20.0. 

20% = 0.2 

Next, multiply the amount by that decimal, then add the tip to the total bill. 

$52.35 * 0.2 = $10.47 (tip amount)
$52.35 + $10.47 = $62.82 (total including tip)

Now, just divide that by four people to get your final answer. 

$62.82 / 4 = $15.705

Because you can't have half of a cent, the problem probably just wants you to round up to $15.71, even though this will make the bill equal to $62.84. 

Hope this helped you out! :-)