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What is a tip? No, it’s not a hint or a clue about something, at least not in the monetary consumer world. A tip is a monetary percentage given or paid in addition to the base price for a service provided. It is also often referred to as a “gratuity.”
[readmore]There are many professions where giving the provider a tip is important. In fact, the bulk of their income is dependent upon tips. If no one tipped them their employers would have to pay them more. This, in turns, means the employer would have to charge the public more to make up for the higher wages. So some professions pay their employees a low wage and those employees then rely upon your tips for the bulk of their income. Generally, professions that provide a personalized service to you are given a tip.
Some professions that provide you with personalized service and which you should tip are waiters and waitresses, cab drivers, tour guides, hotel bell hops (yes they do still exist in many places), hotel maids, valet attendants (they park your car for you), movers and barbers and hair dressers. So, the next question is, how much do you give as a tip?
Often, tips are based on percentages. This will, therefore, help you to practice and hone your skills on calculating with percentages. Below is a list of the generally accepted amounts of tip that should be given per profession.
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Working the problem: Margaret required a lot of service to be performed by the hairdresser and she was very satisfied with that service. When the service and results are acceptable, giving 25% is customary. So we must now multiply $85.00 x 25% or $85.00 x .25 = $21.25.
Solution: Margaret should give the hairdresser a tip of $21.25. Answer (d) is the correct answer |
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Working the problem: Valet attendants do not get a percentage but rather get a tip based mostly on the type of the car and the distance that they need to travel to park and retrieve the car. As distance was not mentioned, we can only go off of the type of cars both Mark and Andrew drove. A Ford Focus is definitely a lower-end car compared to a Porsche 911. So Mark would pay the valet attendant $2.00 and Andrew would pay the attendant $5.00. $2.00 + $5.00 = $7.00
Solution: The valet attendant should get a total tip of $7.00. Answer (b) is the correct answer |
Working the problem: A nearly 4 hour tour is quite a long tour so the tip should reflect the length of time. For this length of tour the customary tip is $5.00. As we have 5 college friends on the tour we need to multiply $5.00 x 5 = $25.00.
Solution: The tour guide got a total tip of $25.00. Answer (c) is the correct answer |
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Working the problem: The customary tip for a mover who works up to a full 8 hours is $20.00. We have a total of three workers who worked the full 8 hours. Therefore, we need to multiply $20.00 x 3 = $60.00.
Solution: The total of the tip the movers should have received was $60.00. Answer (d) is the correct answer |
Working the problem: As the distance traveled here took some time, the customary tip for a cab driver would be 20%. As the fare was $67.00 we must multiply $67.00 x 20% or $67.00 x .20 = $13.40.
Solution: Fred should give the cab driver a tip of $13.40. Answer (a) is the correct answer |
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Working the problem: First, as you do not pay a tip on taxes, you must subtract the taxes from the total bill. Here that would be $133.47 - $12.02 = $121.45. James is only going to leave a 15% tip so now we must multiply $121.45 x 15% or $121.45 x .15 = $18.22.
Solution: James left a tip of $18.22. Answer (b) is the correct answer |
Working the problem: The customary tip given to a Bell Hop is $1.00 per bag. As there were 9 friends and each at two bags, we multiply 9 x 2 = 18. There was a total of 18 bags so now we multiply 18 x $1.00 = $18.00.
Solution: The friends should give the Bell Hop an $18.00 tip. Answer (c) is the correct answer |
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Working the problem: This hotel is a high-end hotel and the customary rule for leaving a tip is $5.00 per day for 2 people. As we have 12 people we need to divide 12 ÷ 2 = 6. There are 6 sets of 2 people. Now we need to multiply $5.00 x 6 = $30.00. We now know that each day the maid should get a $30.00 tip. As the group stayed for 6 days we need to multiply $30.00 x 6 = $180.00. Now we need to find out what each person had to pay. Since there were 12 people, we need to divide $180.00 ÷ 12 = $15.00.
Solution: The group should leave the maid a tip of $180.00 and each person needs to pay $15.00 towards that $180.00 tip. Answer (a) is the correct answer |
Working the problem: First, as you do not pay a tip on taxes, you must subtract the taxes from the total bill. Here that would be $166.11 - $15.00 = $151.11. We next know that they want to give an 18% tip so we need to multiply $151.11 x 18% or $151.11 x .18 = $27.20. As they will evenly pay the tip we must divide $27.20 ÷ 9 = $3.02.
Solution: The ladies will give the waitress a tip of $27.20 and each lady will contribute $3.02 toward that tip. Answer (d) is the correct answer |
Solution: John should leave the maid a tip of $24.00.
Answer (a) is the correct answer