Calculating Wages
Calculating Wages, Take 2
Name That Pay Period
Time Sheets
Vocabulary
100
Guinevere mops floors 40 hours per week. She gets paid $10 per hour. She gets paid this much per week.
What is $400?
100
Jupiter is a flight instructor. For one pay period his gross pay was $500. His employer took out $50 for taxes, $20 for retirement, and $15 for insurance. His net pay was this amount.
What is $415?
100
Every two months.
What is bimonthly?
100
Lazarus worked from 9 AM to 5 PM. He took a lunch break of 30 minutes and two 15 minute breaks. He worked this many hours that day.
What is 7 hours?
100
Money paid for hourly work.
What is wages?
200
Odysseus pilots a ship 36 hours a week. He gets paid $12 per hour. He gets paid this much per week.
What is $432?
200
Perpetua is a doctor. For one pay period her gross pay was $5,000. Her employer took out $600 for taxes, $250 for retirement, and $300 for insurance. Her net pay was this much.
What is $3,850?
200
Twice a month.
What is semimonthly?
200
Theodora worked a split shift. She worked a morning shift from 5 AM to 9 AM and an afternoon shift from 2 PM to 5 PM. She worked this many hours.
What is 7 hours?
200
Working time beyond a regular 40-hour week.
What is overtime?
300
Estelle is a radar operator. Her salary is $4,500 per month. She get paid this much per year.
What is $54,000?
300
Hardy is a waiter at King Solomon's Reef. For one week he worked 25 hours. He earns $9 per hour. For that week he earned $300 in tips. He earned this much for that week.
What is $525?
300
Once a year.
What is annually?
300
On Tuesday, Waldo worked a total of 6 hours and 30 minutes. He arrived at work at 8 AM and took one 30 minute break for lunch. He left work at this time.
What is 3 PM?
300
Least hourly rate that a worker can legally be paid.
What is minimum wage?
400
Tiberius is a space captain. His job is full time and he gets paid $20 per hour. He gets paid this much per year.
What is $41,600?
400
Cora picks apples for a living. She earns $5 per bushel of apples. She picked 45 bushels during one pay period. She earned this much.
What is $225?
400
Every two weeks.
What is biweekly?
400
Bernadette works the same schedule Monday - Friday. She comes in to work at 8:30 AM and leaves work at 3:30. She gets one 30 minute break and a 30 minute break for lunch each day. She works this many hours each week.
What is 30 hours?
400
Payment of a percentage of total sales.
What is commission?
500
Valentine is a mechanic. She gets paid $13.50 per hour and works 35 hours per week. She gets paid this much per year.
What is $24,570?
500
Fred is a vacuum salesman and earns a 13% commission on all his sales. He sold $25,000 worth of vacuums. He earned this much in commissions.
What is $3,250?
500
Every week.
What is weekly?
500
Abner works from 6 AM to 1 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He works from 8:30 AM to 2 PM on Tuesday and Thursday. He gets 30 minutes for lunch each day. He works this many hours each week.
What is 29:30?
500
Payment of a fixed amount of money at regular intervals.
What is salary?