Question

Your cousin Pablo gets his haircut, and it costs $12.00. What will he spend in total on his haircut if he includes a 12% tip?

Answer 1

The tip would be $1.44, so the total would be $13.44

Explanation:

To find the tip you take the bill ($12), and multiply it by the percent of tip given (12%), but it has to be in decimal form. 12% in decimal form is .12. 12 times .12 is 1.44. Add $12 to that to get $13.44.

Answer 2

Explanation:

You could do this a couple of ways. The first and easiest is to change 12% to a decimal. 12% = 12/100 = 0.12

Add this onto 1.

1 + 0.12 = 1.12

Multiply this number by

12*1.12 = 12(1 +0.12) Remove the brackets

12*1 + 1.44

Haircut + tip = 13.44

Of course, it would be much shorter to do it 12*1.12 = 13.44