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Employment: Algebraic Equations & Geometric Series
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Jordan earns $340 per week. What is his annual salary?

$17,680

100

Jen’s annual salary is $42,144. What is her biweekly salary?

$1620.92

100

JoJo’s annual salary is $42,000. What is her monthly salary?

$3500

100

Eddie works at Winco Foods. He earns $16.50 per hour. Last week he worked x hours at this rate. Express his gross pay algebraically. 

$16.50x

200

Edwin receives semi-monthly paychecks of $931. What is his annual salary?

$22,344

200

Taylor earns $250 per week. What is her semimonthly salary?

$541.67

200

Brandon regularly works 40 hours per week at a rate of r dollars per hour. Express his annual salary algebraically.

40r * 52

or 2020r

200

Layla is paid semimonthly. Her annual salary is x dollars. Express her semimonthly salary algebraically.

x/24

300

Samantha’s biweekly paycheck is $1290. What is her annual salary?

$33,540

300

Maya receives biweekly paychecks. Each paycheck is $1,125. What is her monthly income?

$2,437.50

300

Jordan worked h hours at an hourly rate of $15.75. She also worked w hours at an overtime rate of double time. Express her gross pay for the week algebraically.

15.75h+31.50w

300

Brianna regularly works 40 hours per week at a rate of $18 per hour. Last week, Brianna worked overtime hours at time-and-a-half. Express her gross pay for the week algebraically.


$720 + $27x

400

Leo currently earns an annual salary of $21,700. He is considering a new job that offers an annual salary of $31,900. What is the difference between the monthly salaries of the two jobs?

$850

400

Jordan regularly works 30 hours per week at a clothing store from Monday through Friday. He earns $18.50 per hour and receives time-and-a-half pay for working Saturdays. Next week, he will work his regular 30 weekday hours, plus an additional 8 hours on Saturday. What will his total pay be for the week?

  • Regular pay: 30×18.50=$555
  • Overtime rate: 18.50×1.5=$27.75
  • Saturday pay: 8×27.75=$222
  • Total pay: 555+222=$777.00
400

Darius worked 40 regular hours last week, plus 6 overtime hours at the double-time rate. His gross pay was $1,035. What was his hourly rate?

$20

400

You land a job as an entry-level graphic designer. Your salary for the first year is $52,000. You will receive a 4% increase every year. How much will your salary be at the start of Year 5?

Use the formula for the nth term of a geometric series: 

60,820.57

500

Sofia earns an annual salary of $63,600. She is paid twice a month. She wants to save $350 from every paycheck for a new car. How much money will she have left after saving $350 from every paycheck for one year?

$63,600 ÷ 24 = $2,650 per paycheck
$350 × 24 = $8,400 saved
$63,600 − $8,400 = $55,200

500

Marcus regularly works 24 hours per week at a grocery store from Monday through Friday. He earns $16.25 per hour and receives double-time pay for working Sundays. Next week, he will work his regular 24 weekday hours, plus an additional 6 hours on Sunday. What will his total pay be for the week?

$585

500

Sofia worked 40 regular hours last week, plus 10 overtime hours at the time-and-a-half rate. Her gross pay was $990. What was her hourly rate?


$18 an hour

40x+15x=990

55x=990

x=18

500

Eddie signed at R&R Electric company. His starting salary is 39k per year, and the salary increases 6% every year that he does well at the company. What is his salary in 3 years, to the nearest dollar.

 

Use the formula for the nth term of a geometric series: 




$43,820.40

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