Finding Total Earnings
Word Problems
Just Commissions/Fees
Review: Taxes, Tips, Markups, and Discounts
100

Base salary: $48,000

The commission is 9% of the total sales of $256,000.

The fee is $7.25 per transaction for 325 transactions.

Find the total earnings.

What is $73,396.25?

100

A trampoline salesman makes $25,000 annually plus 6% commission on his total sales. If he sold $40,000 worth of trampolines this year, what are his total earnings?

What is $27,400?

100

The fee is $2.75 per transaction for 175 transactions. Find the total fees earned.

What is $481.25?

100

Find the sale price of a computer listed at $100 that is being marked down 65%

What is $35?

200

Salary of $50,000 annually plus 3.5% commission on total sales of $420,000. What are the annual total earnings?

What is $64,700?

200

A travel agent makes a base salary of $2,500 per month plus 5% of the cost of each vacation sold.

This month she sold $80,000 worth of cruises.

What are the total monthly wages?

What is $6,500?

200

The commission is 3.5% of the total sales of $55,000. Find the commission.

What is $1,925?

200

Tim buys a computer for $1,195. His local tax rate is 8.25%. How much does Tim pay for the computer including tax?

What is $1,293.59?

300

Earning $15 per hour working 2,000 hours per year.

Also gets a fee of $35 for each loan processed.

Processed 900 loans this year.

What are the total yearly earnings?

What is $61,500?

300

Veronica sells Internet ads over the phone. She is paid $12 per hour plus $15 for every ad she sells. She works 4 hours a day 5 days a week and sells on average 13 ads per day. What are her average weekly earnings?

What is $1,215?

300

The base salary is $54,300. The commission is 2.75% of the total sales of $950,000. What is the commission earned?

What is $26,125?

300

Kim works as a DJ and earns $1, 250 to play music for 6 hours at a wedding reception. At the end of the night, she gets an 18% tip. How much in total did she earn?

What is $1,475?

400

Ming earns a monthly salary of $1,750 plus an 8% commission on her total sales for the year. 

Last year she sold $478,500 of vacations. 

How much did Ming earn, including commission, last year?

What is $59,280?

400

A golf equipment salesperson earns a base salary plus a 4% commission on golf equipment sold. If the salesperson sells $78,000 worth of equipment in a year, what is the total annual salary earned?

What is $50,120?

400

Find the commission based on total sales of $98,000 and a commission rate of 1.5%

What is $1,470?

400

Miguel buys a car for $14,999. The tax rate is 6%. What is the total purchase price of the car?

What is $15,898.94?

500

Drake makes $37,500 per year plus a $6.75 fee for each sale he makes. 

If Drake makes an average of 200 sales per month, what are his annual earnings?

What is $53,700?

500

Beth is an inside sales agent. Her earnings include a salafry plus $4.25 for each call she makes that results in an outside sales appointment. This month she made 60 appointments. What will her earnings from fees be this month?

What is $255?

500

Find the total fees: Applications: 50, Fee: $3.95 per application.

What is $197.50?

500

The school secretary orders a new printer and pays $310.30 after tax. The tax rate is 7%. What was the original price of the printer?

What is $290?