Vocabulary
The amount of money paid to an employee for each hour worked.
Hourly Wage
Fixed regular payment on a weekly or biweekly basis
Weekly salary
Regular Payment made to an employee every month
Monthly Salary
Rate expressed as a fraction of 100
Percent
Payment given to an employee based on a percentage of sales they make.
Commission
The document used to record the hours an employee has worked
Time Card
Jake Hunter earns $16.00 per hour and receives double time for overtime. He worked 40 hours regular and 5 hours overtime. How much did he earn last week?
$800
Gina Gonzalez earns $17.65 per hour. If she worked 38 hours last week, what was her straight-time pay?
$670.70
Marinette earns $25 per hour and works 40 hours per week. What is her weekly pay?
$1000
Haley Vanburg sells cosmetics and earns 20% commission. If she sells $825 worth, what is her commission?
$165
An employer pays an employee this for working more than the regular hours?
Overtime
Sara Wu earns $15.30 per hour and worked 38 hours regular. She recieves time and a half for Overtime and works 8 hours overtime. How much did she earn last week?
$765
Kai Kulman earns $12.35 per hour. If he worked 28 hours last week, what was his straight-time pay?
$345.80
Nollie earns $55 per hour and works 45 hours per week. What is her weekly pay?
$2475
Omar Trujillo sells equipment and earns 15% commission. If he sells $2,014, what is his commission?
$3021
Total amount of money earned by an employee in one year
Annual Salary
This is how I calculate double time
X2
A person is paid this many times on a biweekly pay schedule.
26
Omar earns $36.50 per hour and works 20 hours per week. What is his weekly pay?
$730
If Edwardo makes $87,000 a year and Finn makes $42 per hour, who makes more?
Edwardo
The person that hires and pays employees
Employer
This is how I calculate time and a half.
X 1.5
This is the number of times a person is paid monthly.
12
You are a window washer and make $25 per building. You wash 5 buildings this week. How much do you make?
$125
you are a furniture maker. You are paid at the following rates:
$140 for couches.
$125 for love seats
$75 for chairs.
You make 7 couches, 22 chairs, 29 loveseats.
What is the total pay
$6255