The total was 10.50, how to figure .15% for a tip?

Question

The total was 10.50, how to figure .15% for a tip?

Answer 1

10.50 * .15 = 1.58

Answer 2

Break it up.  You know 15% of $10.00 is $1.50.  Then 15% of $1.00 is .15.  since it is .50 you divide .15 in half  which is .08

Then add the $1.50 plus the .o8 and you get $1.58 which gives you exactly 15% however the accepted tip for good service today is 20% not 15%.  15% is for not really great service, just So-So.  If you are happy with the service tip 20%.  Plus 20% is MUCH easier to figure.  What ever the total is,  move one decimel place over and multiply by two  for example:

$52.75  move over one is  $5,27 times 2 = $10.54

$32.22  move over one is $3.22 times 2= $6.44

$48.39  move over one is $4.84 times 2= $9.68  Note that since the last number was greater than 5 you increase to the next higher number like this one too:

$16.98  move over one is $1.70 times 2= $3.40

See its easy!

As to Benjamin J's comment, ignore him.  No one will ever learn if they are afraid of being ridiculed when they do.  So ignore him.

Answer 3

If you are math challenged, simply go to "tools" on your cell phone. Almost all cell phones have calculators, and many have TIP calculators as well.

As a server, I ask you to please round up, assuming you were happy with the service you received. If the exact amount of the tip would be $1.68, leave $2.00.

Most people assume that everyone makes minimum wage. Well, in the restaurant business, servers DO NOT get paid minimum wage. We make far less than minimum wage (in my restaurant, it is $3.65 an hour), and it is ASSUMED, by the employer, that the tips earned will bring the server UP TO minimum wage. Sometimes, if we are great servers, this happens. Sometimes, even if we are great servers, it doesn't. We have to pay taxes on our tips, especially tips left on credit cards, and there are times when our taxed amounts are MORE than we leave with at the end of a shift. Why? Because WE have to give tips to OTHER PEOPLE in the restaurant. We have to tip out the bartender. We have to tip out the busser (if we are lucky enough to have one). In my restaurant, we have to tip out the hostess - even though she does absolutely nothing to earn a tip from us (and I mean NOTHING). These tip-outs are not optional. They are MANDATORY. In my restaurant, these tip-outs are taken directly from me at the end of my shift, when I cash out with the office before going home. These tip-outs often represent a significant portion of what I have earned on any given shift.

Are these issues the "problem" of the public? No. But, please, recognize that leaving an appropriate tip (which is commonly 20% for good servce, not 15%) can make a HUGE difference in the life of a hardworking server. It can mean the difference between whether that server can make a living wage or not. It can determine whether or not I can afford to put gas in my car today. It can determine whether or not I can give my daughter the money she needs for a school event. It can determine whether or not I can pay my electric bill.

Servers are notoriously overworked and underpaid. If you received good service, I ask you, on behalf of servers everywhere, PLEASE leave a decent tip. You will be a hero instead of a zero, you will be remembered as someone with class, you will make (or break) someone's day.

Answer 4

Just give $3

Answer 5

$1.58 is correct

but my rule is if the service is good and the standard tip is less than 2 bucks leave the 2 bucks if it is horrible leave a dollar.  they will get the idea.

minimum I also try to leave $1.00 per person at the table.

be kind they make way less than minumum.

oh and if you leave it in cash they don't have to report it on their taxes. they should but there is no record of it.

Answer 6

easy way to do it

take ten percent of 10.50

= 1.05

take have of that  =52.5 cents

then add 1.05(10%) + 52.5(5%) to get=

1.575(15%)

thats an easy way to do it on the fly

Answer 7

Fifteen percent you mean?

Don't leave fifteen percent, only old people do that.  Twenty percent is standard.

SO if your bill is $10.50 you would round up to $11.00

Move the decimal point over one to the left so it looks like:

1.10

Multiply that times two (for twenty percent):

1.10 x 2= 2.20

$2.20 is the tip

(if you must leave fifteen percent, you multiply times 1.5 instead of 2)

Answer 8

What? Are you kidding me? You cant figure out 10.50 x .15 = $1.58

Answer 9

Take 10%=1.05

Add half that back=.50(rounded)  = 1.55 or 1.50.

Answer 10

Depending on your budget you could leave $1.50, $1.60 or $1.75.  

$1.58 would be the actual tip on 15%.

10.50 X .15 = 1.575

Answer 11

an easy way to figure tip is to calculate 1/6 of the pre-tax total.

Answer 12

Just remember to leave $1.50 for every $10 you spend.  If the service was great, $2 for every $10.

A server can't really complain if you leave at least $1.60ish on a $10.50 check..  However, if you plan on possibly going back and want to continue having good service there while having checks next to nothing.. Don't leave any less than $3, sometimes $4.

What a lot of people don't realize about severs---if you're the type of person who goes to the same restaurant regularly, get someone to be your regular server.  Also, make sure you take care of that server.  This way when you arrive you're automatically at the top of the list & almost guaranteed great service.

Not only that, but I (and so many other servers & bartenders) have been known to "hook up" regulars.  Not charging for a coke, free beer, etc.