Wages
Overtime
General Trivia
Commission + Piecework
Rates and Percentages
100

How many:

Months in a year?

Weeks in a year?

Fortnights in a year?

12 months

52 weeks

26 fortnights

100

When calculating overtime, we multiply our normal rate by what?

Time and a half: normal rate x ???

Double time: normal rate x ???

Time and a half: normal rate x 1.5

Double time: normal rate x 2

100

Which state won the 2024 State of Origin Series?

NSW blues (the best team obviously)

100

Give an example of a worker who would earn commission.

Car salesman

Jewelers

Real estate agent

100

What is a rate?

Compares two related quantities. (km/hr)
200

Ben earns $12/hr. How much does he earn in 4 hours?

$48

200

Sam earns $20 an hour. Find his double time wage.

$40/hr

200

Which word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

Incorrectly

200

A worker earns commission on top of what?

A retainer
200

After a school assembly, 689 students leave the assembly hall in 13 minutes. Determine the rate in students per minutes

53 students per minutes

300

Kelly earns $100 for working 10 hours. How much does she earn per hour?

$10/hr

300

Ella earns $10 an hour. Find her time and a half rate.

$15/hr

300

What country was the first ute produced in?

Australia

300

Jess charges $6 per delivery she makes. She delivers 42 parcels on Friday. How much did she earn that day?

$252

300

Sarah bought a car for $7500 and sold it 4 years later for 30% less than she paid for it. Calculate the price she sold the car for

$5625

400

Tim earns a salary of $68,000. Find how much he earns per week.

Approx. $1308

400

Natasha works as a waitress and is paid $27.80 per hour for a 38-hour week. Calculate Natasha's pay in a week during which she works 5 hours at time and a half in addition to her regular hours

$1264.90

400

What is the deepest part of the ocean called?

Mariana Trench

400

Chris earns a retainer for $250, then earns 2% of his $10,000 sales. Find his total pay.

$450

400

Ramon bought a laptop in a sale for $774.40. If the original price was $968, calculate the percentage discount

20%

500

Rach earns $15/hr. She works 38 hours each week. Find how much she would earn over the entire year.

$29,640

500

Graeme is employed as a car assembly worker and is paid $31.10 per hour for a 36 hour week. If Graeme works overtime, the first 6 hours are paid at time and a half and the remainder at double time. Calculate Graeme's pay in a week during which he works 45 hours. 

$1586.10

500

What does QR stand for? (Referring to a QR code)

Quick Response

500

Demi earns $700 for sewing 30 dresses. How much does she earn per dress?

$23.33

500

An advertisement for bedroom furniture states that you save $55 off the recommended retail price when you buy it for $385. Calculate by what percentage the price has been reduced.

12.5%