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Easy Tip Calculations

Here's a trick for computing a 15% tip in your head. Start by calculating 10% of the bill and then add half. For example, if the bill is $24 dollars, a 15% tip would be $2.40 (10%) plus $1.20 (half of 15%), for a total of $3.60.

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Another easy method is to use the sales tax rate in your state. If it the tax rate happens to be around %7 or 8%, the tip should be roughly double the amount of tax that is charged.

Another option is to carry a tip card, a small wallet sized card that has a table on it for calculating tips.

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March 13, 20070 found this helpful
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My tip calculation trick is to just double the first number. This seems to work out in most cases. For the example of $24.00, I would tip $4.00 which would be 16.66%. At the high end, a 29.00 bill would be 13.79%, still pretty close.

 
By (Guest Post)
March 13, 20070 found this helpful

hi, i was wondering where to get one of those tip cards. thank you. della

 
March 14, 20070 found this helpful

I've done the same thing, make the bill 10% and add half. Goes for shopping sales too. Sometimes my friends can't figure out how I do it, sometimes I can't figure out how they can't!

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:-)

 
By Tru950 (Guest Post)
March 15, 20070 found this helpful

I would like to get one of those tip cards too. Would anyone know where to find one?

 
January 26, 20190 found this helpful

I did a Google search "wallet size tip chart" and see a few places, one is Amazon for about $5.50

 

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August 18, 20190 found this helpful

The way I have always calculated tipping is; take the total..
double the first digit and add one.

example...The bill comes to $37.00..Double the 3 = 6 + 1 = $7.00

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$37.00 Bill will get Approx. 20% tip. I give 20% for moderate to good service! 20% is the recommended tip.

 
July 2, 20080 found this helpful

The tip cards should be available at Borders or any larger book store.

 
December 12, 20170 found this helpful

I found my tip card at the Hallmark store.

 

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