Question

Lucas hosted a New Year's dinner for his employees.

The total bill was $1,011.50. He left the server a 20%
tip. How much money did Lucas tip the server?
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

$202.30

Explanation:

You want to know the value of a 20% tip on a bill of $1011.50.

Tip

The tip amount can be found by multiplying the bill amount by the tip percentage:

20% · $1011.50 = $202.30

Lucas tipped the server $202.30.

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Additional comment

You know that 10% of the amount can be found by moving the decimal point one place: $101.15.

20% of the amount will be double this value: $202.30. You can do this math mentally.