1.1 Hourly Pay
1.2 Salaried Pay
1.3 Commission
1.4 Other Forms of Pay
1.5 Average Pay
100

Ralph Winston is paid $15.60 for each hour he works.  What is his gross pay for the week in which he works the following hours:  Monday 6.5, Tuesday 7.25, Wednesday 4.0, Thursday 5.5, Friday 6.75, and Saturday 7.5?

What is a gross pay of $585 for the week

100

How much gross pay will a salaried worker receive each week if he is paid $85,000 yearly?

What is $1,634.62 per week

100

Melvin's sales last month of a new tile cleaner were $17,500.  If he receives a commission rate of 25% of all sales, what commission did he earn?

What is $4,375 earned in commission. 

100

What does "piece rate" mean?

What is some employees are paid for each item or piece they produce. They are paid on a piece rate basis.

100

The gross earnings of 6 employees in a picture framing shop for a week were: $ 620, $524, $715, $670, $588, and $675.  What was the average amount earned for the week by these employees?

What is an average of $632.

200

Steve makes 12.50/hour at the Speedway on the corner, what is his time-and-a-half overtime pay rate?

What is $18.75/hour

200

Carolyn Young is paid a salary of $3,600 a month.  What are her total annual earnings?

What is $43,200 per year

200

Finish the equation:

Sales over Quota= _____________ - __________

What is Sales over Quota= Total Sales - Quota

200

Louise Schuber is paid $20 for each computer she installs at customer offices. She installed the following number of computers in 5 days last week: 7, 6, 9, 8, 5. Two were sent back for defaults.

What gross pay did Louise earn for the week?

What is a Total gross pay of $660.

200

Bradley Starr has worked as a ski instructor for the past three years. During his first year, he earned $37,340. His earnings increased to $38,754 the second and third year, and to $41,920 the fourth, fifth, and sixth year. What were his average annual earnings for the six years he worked for the spa?

Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary. 

What is an average of $40,101.33 . 

300

Pay period                    Number pay checks yearly

Weekly                                                    ______

Bi-weekly  (every other week)                   ______

Semi- Monthly (twice a month)                  ______

Monthly                                                   ______

What is:

Weekly: 52

Bi-weekly: 26

Semi-monthly: 24

Monthly: 12

300

Clarissa Santo worked in a position that earned $2,247 per month for 7 months. Then, she received a promotion to a position that earned $2,310 per month. What total gross pay did Clarissa earn for the year?

What is $22,659 per year

300

Jackie Kennedy earned 12% commission on her monthly sales of $2,587 in June, $3,285 in July, and $3,023 in August. What was her total commission for the three months?

What is $1,067.40 in total commission.

300

Jake, the substitute teacher, gets paid $120 per diem. How much did he make in gross pay, for three weeks of work (assuming he works as much as possible)?

What is a gross pay of $1,800 total. 

300

Rashad earned $662 by working five days a week at his full-time job.  He earned $118 for 12 hours of work at his part-time job.  

What average pay per day did Rashad earn from full-time work?

What is a daily average of $132.40.

400

Penny Schaller’s overtime is figured on a 40 hour week.  Last week she worked 46.75 hours.  This week she worked 8.5 hours on Monday, 7.5 hrs on Tuesday, 9.5 hours on Wednesday, 10.25 hours on Thursday, and 8.75 on Friday.  How many overtime hours did she work in the two weeks?

What is A total of 11.25 OT hours

400

!!!DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Alejandro Juarez is paid $830 every two weeks: 

a. What is Alejandro's yearly salary? 

b. How much would Alejandro earn in one week? 

What is...

a. $21,580 per year

b. $415 per week

400

Ryenn earned a commission of $8,900 on sales of $32,089.  What rate of commission was she paid? (to the nearest tenth percent)

What is 27.7% rate of commission

400

What is the equation for calculating tip?

What is Tip =  Percent  x  amount of bill

400

!!!DAILY DOUBLE!!!

The weekly pay of 5 electricians averaged $996.  The weekly pay for four of the five employees are $925, $1,050, $875, and $1,135.  What is the weekly pay of the fifth employee?

What is $995 for the 5th employee.

500

Monique Valla is paid an hourly rate of $17.63 for regular-time work.  She works 6.5 overtime hours at time and a half and she works 8 overtime hours at double time.

  1.  What will be her time-and-a-half rate and double time rates?

  2. What is her total overtime pay?

  3. What is her total gross pay for the pay period where she her regular pay was $687.77

1. Time-and-a-half rate: $26.445/hour

    Double time: $35.26/hour

2. Total overtime pay: $453.97

3. Total gross pay: $1,141.74

500

Fill in the blanks:

Salaried employees are paid a __________ amount of money for each pay period worked.  They get a fixed amount regardless of the amount of ________________.  They do not get paid ___________.

Salary--employees are paid a fixed amount of money for each pay period worked.  They get a fixed amount regardless of the amount of hours worked.  They do not get paid overtime.

500

Janice Corrudo is paid a commission of 22% of her yearly sales up to $86,500 and 18% of any sales above $100,000.  Her total sales for last year were $112,000.  What total commission did she earn last year?

What is $23,620 total commission. 

500

An Olive Garden waitress at a Sunday brunch served 550 customers in a 6-hours period.  The total of all the food and beverage checks she wrote for customers was $1,450.  Her customers left her an average tip of 15.5%. She also earns $7.25/hour. 

What was her gross pay for that 6-hour shift?

What is a gross pay of $268.25

500


Complete the steps for Finding the Unknown in an average set of data:

1. __________________________________

2. Total up the pay of the known amounts

3. __________________________________

1) Find the Total Average Pay of all employees

2) Total up the pay of the known amounts

3) Answer from step 1 – Answer from step