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Braxton earns $8 an hour working at the grocery store. How much money will he have earned after working for 6 hours?
$48
100
Jonas works 8 hours/day at a rate of $7.50/hr. If his boss gives him a raise of $1.50 per hour, how much will he now make in a day?
$72
100
Taylor earns a 5% commission on every piece of jewelry she sells. If she sells a necklace for $500, what is her commission?
$25
100
Ernie earns $8.50 an hour with his summer painting job. Complete the equation that could be used to calculate how much he earns. E(x) = ________________
E(x) = 8.50x
100
If you earn $8.50/hr, how many hours will you need to work to earn $100?
About 12 hours
200
Hazel earns $9 an hour at her babysitting job. How many hours will she need to work in order to earn $450 for the new laptop she wants to buy?
50 hours
200
Parker works an average of 40 hrs/wk during the summer at a rate of $11.75/hr. If he gets a raise to $12.25/hr, how much more will he make each week than he did before getting the raise?
$20
200
Robert earns a base salary of $5000/month plus 2% commission on his sales. If he sells $400,000 worth of products in one month, what will his total salary be for that month?
$13,000
200
Jessica earns a base salary of $400 each month plus a 6% commission on the merchandise she sells. Complete the equation that she could use to calculate her monthly salary: M(x) = ______________________
M(x) = 400 + 0.06x
200
Which of the following equations accurately shows the earnings of someone who previously had a $40,000 salary and was given a 9% raise? A. (40,000)(0.09) B. (40,000)(1.09) C. (40,000)(1.9) D. (40,000)(9)
B. (40,000)(1.09)
300
Jose earns $12 an hour fixing cars. If he works an average of 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, how much would his monthly income be? (Use 4 weeks = 1 month)
$2400
300
Gabby's yearly salary is $48,000. She gets promoted, and along with her new position, she gets a raise of 6%. What is her new yearly salary?
$50,880
300
Becky is a real estate agent who earns 3% commission on each property she sells. If she earns $9600 commission on a certain house, what was the selling price of the house?
$320,000
300
Alan's gross pay is $2700/month, and he pays 15% in taxes. Which expression shows his net pay each month? A. (2700)(0.15) B. 2700 - 0.15 C. (2700)(0.85) D. (2700)(85)
C. (2700)(0.85)
300
How much higher would a salary of $3000 with a 5% raise be than a salary of $2500 with a 10% raise?
$400
400
Sara earns $7.50 an hour and works 4 hours each day after school. If her friend Margie earns the same amount each day but only works for 3 hours, what is Margie's hourly wage?
Margie earns $10/hour.
400
Carter's yearly salary is $50,000 and his coworker Susan's yearly salary is $60,000. Both of them are given a raise of 5%. With their new salaries, how much more will Susan be making each year than Carter?
$10,500
400
Johnathan earns $10/hr plus a 2% commission on the products he sells. If he works 45 hours one week and 50 hours the next week and sells $70,800 worth of products, what will his 2-week paycheck be?
$2366
400
Rachel recently got a new job that pays 30% more than her old job did. Let x represent her old job and complete the equation showing her new salary: R(x) = ___________________
R(x) = 1.3x
400
Rick earns a base salary of $20/day plus $5/hr. His friend Angel earns a salary of $60/day. If they each work for 8 hours each day, whose salary is higher and by how much?
Their salaries are equal - both earn $60/day.
500
Geovanni needs to make at least $2100/month to support his family and pay all the bills. He earns $15/hour. If he only worked 55 hours during the first half of the month due to taking some vacation days, how many hours will he need to work during the second half of the month to meet the minimum requirement of $2100?
85 hours
500
Clara earns $75,000/yr and gets a 7% raise for the next year. Garrett earns $64,200/yr and then gets a promotion in which his new position's salary is 25% higher than his previous one. With their new salaries, who will be earning more?
Their salaries will be the same.
500
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Andrea worked 45 hours, 48 hours, 36 hours, and 42 hours during the 4 weeks of a month. She earned an hourly wage plus a bonus of 3% of her overall earnings for the month. Write an equation showing her total earnings for the month.
T(x) = (171x)(1.03)
500
Julio earns a base salary plus 5% commission. If he sold $20,250 worth of products in a month and earned a total of $2512.50, what is his monthly base salary?
$1500
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