Money talks
Jeremiah gets two job offers. Job 1 pays him weekly. Job 2 pays him monthly. How many more paycheck is James going to receive working a Job 1 rather than to Job 2?
52-12= 40 More Paychecks
Mila receives $32k per year as an assistant sales manager. Her benefits include health insurance $8,250, paid holidays $920, retirement contributions $4,500, and a 2-week paid vacation each year $1,230. Because she wears a suit, they pay for her dry cleaning, estimated at $2,500 per year. She constructed this table for her benefits. What is her annual salary, including benefits?
$49,400
Add up all the numbers including the $32K Mila earns
How many paychecks would you receive if you were paid Semimonthly?
24
True or False
All employees must pay both Social Security and Medicare on their wages.
True
I have hands but can’t clap. What am I?
A clock
Nallely works a REGULAR HOUR WORK WEEK. She earns $14.89 an hour. What is her gross pay for the week?
$595.60
40 hours x $14.89
Brighten began a job on January 1st, 2019. On her first day of employment, she was given 3 days of vacation. Every year on the anniversary of her employment, she is given another 3 days, up to a maximum of 24 days of vacation time. On January 1st of WHAT YEAR will she reach the maximum amount of vacation time?
8 Years
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Des gets paid $0.50 per piece, for the first 100 fidget spinners she assembles. She earns $0.75 for any additional spinners she assembles after the first 100. This week she made 135, so how much did she earn?
$76.25
.50 x 100= 50
.75 x 35= 26.25
50 + 26.25
Ryan worked 56 hours in one week. He gets paid $6.76, what is his gross pay for the week if he is earning time and a half working overtime?
$432.64
16 x 1.5 =24 + 40= 64 x 6.76
I’m not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire
Payten works part time at a bakery earning $12.50 an hour. In the last five days her timecard shows that she worked 3.3, 2.9, 4.0, 3.5, and 2.1 hours. What is her gross pay for the five days?
$197.50
3.3+ 2.9+ 4+ 3.5+ 2.1= 15.8x $12.50
Eli pays $47 semimonthly for health insurance. He only covers 15% of the total cost of his health insurance plan (the rest is paid by his employer). How much does HE PAY per year?
$1,128
47x 24
Dylan works at a restaurant where he is paid by the hour, plus time-and-a-half for his hours over 40 each week. Last week he worked 3 overtime hours and his gross pay was $380.48. What was his normal hourly wage?
$8.55
3 x 1.5= 4.5 + 40= 44.5
380.48/ 44.5
When you pay for health insurance through your work, you’re getting Medicare.
False.
Medicare is health insurance for retired people.
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter E
Arthouse Design offered Kobe a job as a front-end developer for $65K per year. Kraftwerk Designs offered him a similar job paying $1,200 per week. Which job pays more per week, and by how much ?
Job 1 by $50
65k/ 52= 1250
1250- 1200
Myra accepted a job through an employment agency. The job pays $1,100 per week, and the agency charges Cherie 30% of her first 6 weeks pay. How much does Cherie need to pay the agency?
$1,980
1,100 x 6= 6,600 x .3
Shaimaya sells textbooks as her side hustle. She receives 7% on her first $1,000 in sales and 15% on the balance of her sales. If her sales in one month were $14,500, how much commission would she earn?
$2,095
1,000 x .07= 70
14,500 -1,000= 13,500 x .15= 2,025 + 70= 2,095
How many paychecks do you receive if you are paid biweekly?
26
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps or prints
Luis earns $14.65 per hour. He normally works 40 hours a week, and gets paid biweekly.
If he works overtime, he earns time-and-a-half pay.
If he works on a holiday, he earns double time.
Week One: 32 hours, not including 8 on Christmas day (a holiday)
Week Two: 40 hours, but 4 of those hours were on New Year’s (a holiday).
How much money will Luis's paycheck be for his two weeks of work?
$1,347.80
Week 1- 32 + 16=48
Week 2- 36+ 8=44
44+ 48= 92x 14.65= $1,347.80
0.062x x< 106,800
6,621.60 x> 106,800
This piecewise function represents the Social Security taxes for 2009. How much does someone who earned $102,000 in 2009 pay in Social Security taxes?
$6,324
0.062 x 102,000
Haidan sells used cars at a dealership on commission.
The dealership pays her 18% commission when the profit is under $400.
They pay 22% when the profit is at least $400 and less than $1,000.
They pay 24% when the profit is $1,000 or more.
Haidan sold one car and the profit was $650. This week, she sold a fancy car and the profit was $1300. How much more did she earn this week?
$455
650 x .22= $143
1300 x .24= $312
143 + 312
If Audrey gets $61,258 per year, how much more does she make per paycheck if she gets paid semimonthly versus biweekly?
(ie. Compare the semimonthly amount to the biweekly amount)
$196.34
Biweekly- 61,258/ 26 = $2,356.08
Semimonthly- 61,258/ 24=$2,552.42
$2,552.42 - $2,356.08
I have a mouth but never eat, a flag but no hands, and a belly full of secrets I keep. People come with greetings, bills, or a treat — what am I?
Mailbox