Question

Your dinner bill was $58.00. If you leave a 20% tip, how much will the tip be?

Answer 1

Ask yourself what a percentage means. It means out of a hundred.

20 percent is basicallly 20/100
20/100 is 0.2

So 20 percent of 58 is asking-

0.2*58 = ?

Solve and you’ll get

$11.60