PAYCHECK
DEDUCTIONS
Rounding
Decimals and Percents
PAYCHECK CALCULATIONS
100

A length of time for which an employee's wages are calculated. 

What is a Pay Period?

100

Money subtracted or deducted from gross pay earned.

What are deductions?

100

Round $82,557.987 to the nearest cent.

What is $82,557.99

100

1.85% written as a decimal

What is .0185

100

If you have earned a Gross Income of $500.00, your total deductions are $200. What is your net pay?

What is $300.00

200

The amount paid after all deductions are subtracted from the gross pay amount.

What is Net Pay?

200

Name two types of deductions  

What is FICA, Federal and/or State income taxes, Insurance, Union dues, etc?

200

Round to the nearest ten dollar: $45.77

What is $50

200

300% written as a decimal

What is 3 or 3.0

200

If I make $50,000 per year, what is my weekly paycheck?


(ROUND TO THE NEAREST CENT)

What is $961.54 

300

True or False:

German chocolate cake is named after a guy named Sam German?

What is true?

300

The creature that kills the most people every year is: Snakes, Sharks, or Mosquitos

What are Mosquitos?

300

True or False - It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland.

What True-

Because they get lonely

300

There is an island in the Bahamas that's inhabited only by:

Swimming pigs, Friendly Bunnies, or Flying Squirrels

What is Swimming Pigs.

300

In Queensland, Australia, it's illegal to own a pet (mouse, dove, or rabbit) unless you're a magician.

What is a pet rabbit?

400

Two ways an employee may receive their paycheck

What is paper paycheck, direct deposit, or by mail?

400

The deduction that includes Social Security and Medicare taxes.

What is FICA?

400

Round to the nearest hundred thousand: $456,855

What is $500,000

400

10% of $200

What is $20.00?

200 x .10=20

400

Your gross pay is $3500 and your net pay is $2,415.  What are your total deductions?

What is $1,085?

500

Total of all of the deductions, gross pay and net pay from January to the current date.

(*hint- total for all checks so far)

What is Year-To-Date?

500

Joe makes $9,000 per month. His monthly deductions are $2,298.50. 

What is Joe's net pay?

What is $6,701.50?

$9,000-$2,298.50 = $6,701.50

500

Round each number to the nearest hundred and find the difference.

$1,546 - $1,298

What is 200

500

20% of $16,000

What is $3,200?

500

Your net pay is $4,275 and our deductions are $2,100, what is your gross pay?

What is $6,375?