The Real and Complex Number Systems - MAP 7th Grade Math

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Question

If a server at a restaurant gets a tip on a bill of , then what will be the amount of the tip?

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Answer

The first step to solving this problem is determining what operation we are going to use.

Think:we know that the tip is going to be of . The keyword "of" gives us a clue and indicates that we are going to multiply.

As we have learned in previous lessons, we need to convert our percentage into a decimal before we are able to multiply:

Next, we can perform the multiplication operation and find the tip:

The server's tip will be

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