Percentages
Words
Facts
Overtime
Riddles
100

10% of 30

3

100

Overtime rate, calculated as twice normal hourly pay

Double time

100

The number of weeks in a year

52
100
Double time pay rate if normal rate is $18

$36

100

It is bad luck to see a black cat ...

... when you are a mouse

200

5% of 80

4

200

Pay, calculated as a fixed annual amount

Salary

200

The number of fortnights in a year

26

200

Time-and-a-half rate if normal hourly rate is $30

$45

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind

Footsteps

300

1% of 200

2

300

 Pay for a salesperson, calculated as a percentage of sales

Commission

300

The number of days in a year

365

300

Normal hourly rate if time-and-a-half rate is $30

$20

300

The room that ghosts avoid

The living room

400

11% of 500

55

400

A fixed weekly amount paid to a salesperson

Retainer

400
There are 4 weeks in a month, true or false

False

400

Pay for 4 hours double time at normal hourly rate of $10

$80

400

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

He is bald

500

1% of 1 000 000

10 000

500

Pay for each item or service completed

Piecework

500

The number of quarters in 2 years

8

500

Pay for 4 hours time-and-a-half if normal rate is $10

$60

500

I have six faces but cannot see

A dice

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