4.04 Sales tax, commissions and tips
Interactive practice questions
Sharon has finished her meal at a restaurant, but received bad service. She will only be leaving a $10%$10% tip. Help her calculate the tip if the meal, before sales tax, came to $\$36.60$$36.60.
David is paying for a meal with groups of friends. They received great service, so he is giving a $20%$20% tip. The meal came to $\$173.70$$173.70 before sales tax. How much will he leave as a tip?
Tobias works at a restaurant that automatically charges $25%$25% service to groups of $8$8 or more people. He has just served a group of $8$8 people. Before sales tax, their meal came to $\$238.51$$238.51. How much of a tip is Tobias going to get from this bill? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
Jack is buying items he needs for school. The prices marked for the items have not included the $10%$10% sale tax.
He buys: a laptop for $\$1370$$1370, exercise books for $\$15$$15, a pack of pens for $\$8$$8, and a calculator for $\$38$$38.