Brad had a small gathering at a local steakhouse. The steakhouse offers three dinner platters which vary by size and price. They ordered 4 of the 6-ounce platters, 2 of the 8-ounce platters, and 2 of the 11-ounce platters.

Steak Platter Prices
• 6-ounce $9.95
• 8-ounce $12.95
• 11-ounce $15.95

If a gratuity of 17% was added to the bill, which of the following is closest to the total of the steak platters and gratuity, ignoring sales tax?
A.
$130
B.
$20
C.
$157
D.
$114

Question

Brad had a small gathering at a local steakhouse. The steakhouse offers three dinner platters which vary by size and price. They ordered 4 of the 6-ounce platters, 2 of the 8-ounce platters, and 2 of the 11-ounce platters.

Steak Platter Prices
•	6-ounce	$9.95
•	8-ounce	$12.95
•	11-ounce	$15.95

If a gratuity of 17% was added to the bill, which of the following is closest to the total of the steak platters and gratuity, ignoring sales tax?
 A. 
$130
 B. 
$20
 C. 
$157
 D. 
$114

Vocaloid · Answer

It’s only asking for an estimate so you can round up the prices of the steaks to the nearest whole number

From there, multiply the number of steaks ordered  * the price of each steak (ex they ordered 4 of the 6-ounce platters so you need to multiply 4 * (price of 6 oz)) and so on.

Add up the total costs

Then calculate an extra 17 % for the gratuity (0.17 * total costs) and add this onto the total cost