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Gross Earnings

100

Susie is paid $570 biweekly. What is her annual salary?

What is $14,820.

200

Ben earns an annual salary of $120,000 each year. Calculate his gross pay if he is paid semi-monthly.

$5,000 per paycheck

300

Josie is an electrician with Duke Power. She earns $21.35 each hour for a 40-hour work week. Josie receives a check once per month. How much does she make in a year’s time?

$44,408

400

Michael earns $0.60 for each piece of solder he completes. He is charged $0.05 for each one that doesn’t hold together. If he solders 2000 pieces, (10 of them fell apart) what can he expect as his gross paycheck?

$1,193.50

500

Rosetta packages Marshmallow Peeps in boxes to be shipped to the stores. She earns $12.35 per hour and works for 40 hours each week. She is paid biweekly. What is her gross earnings for the two weeks? What will she make in a year’s time?

$988 / $25,688

Misc. Category

100

What do the letters IRS stand for?

Internal Revenue Service

200

Your pay you take-home once all the deductions are taken out is called your___ pay.

NET

300

By what date do you have to have your taxes paid each year?

April 15th

400

This is the form you fill out once when you are hired to tell your employers how much tax to take out on you each pay period.

W-4

500

With what should you fill out a job application if you must fill it out by hand?

Black or Blue Pen

Not as Gross Earnings, but still earnings nonetheless

100

Raul is paid every week. He earns $15.77 per hour for a 40-hour week PLUS $2.00 for each part he assembles. If he worked 40 hours this week and assembled 150 parts, how much will his gross paycheck be?

$930.80

200

Bob is an administrator for a local school district. He is paid an annual salary of $95,000. What does he make every month?

$7916.67

300

Sally is paid $39,087 per year for her teaching job. What is her gross paycheck if she is paid once per month?

$3257.25

400

Henry earns $1.22 for each computer motherboard he configures. He is charged $0.75 for each one that doesn’t work properly. Find his gross earnings for a week in which he configured 250 motherboards and 12 of them did not work properly.

$281.36

500

Tim is paid $15.44 per hour and worked 40 hours this past week. How much is his gross earnings for the week?

$617.60

Overtime

100

Thomas earns $19.23 per hour for a 40-hour work week. He is paid overtime for any hours over 40 each week. Find his gross pay if he worked 45 hours this week. (Regular + Overtime)

$913.43

200

Lori worked the following hours the past 2 weeks. She earns $12 per hour, but gets overtime for any hours beyond 40 per week. Find her gross pay. DAY M T W Th F Sat Sun Wk1 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 Wk2 10 10 10 10 8 0 0

$1428

300

Jason works at a Deli. If he makes $14.30 an hour for up to 40 hours per week. How much is his biweekly paycheck if he works 43 hours the first week and 49 hours the second week?

$1401.40

400

Sharon works for a paper mill. She gets paid $19.50 an hour for every hour up to 40 hours per week. What is her weekly gross paycheck if she works 33 hours this week?

$643.50

500

Chris works for 2 different jobs to save money for college. With his first job, he gets $9.45 per hour to stock the shelves at Bi-Lo for every hour up to 40 hours. For his second job, Chris gets paid $15 per hour to repair lawn mowers. If Chris works 50 hours at Bi-Lo, and 8 hours repair lawn mowers, how much does Chris earn is 1 week?

$639.75

Commission

100

Ralph worked 27 hours this past week. He is paid solely on commission and earns 14% of what he sells. If he sold $12,942.23 worth of products, what did he earn?

$1,811.91

200

Brandy works at a local electronics store and gets $4.75 per hour plus 15% commission on her sales. Find her gross earnings if she worked 80 hours this past biweekly period and sold $19,000 worth of electronics.

$3,230

300

Steve hangs siding and gutter for a living. He is paid $550 per week (guaranteed) and also gets 3% of the sales from the siding. If he worked 2 weeks and hung $22,000 worth of siding in those 2 weeks, how much would his biweekly paycheck be?

$1,760

400

Mary Kay sells her own cosmetics. She earns 6% of her sales up to $300 and 12% for sales over $300. Find her gross pay if she sold $1934.33 in cosmetics.

$214.12

500

Byron sells used motorcycles. He is paid 9% commission for any sale up to $7500 and 15% for the amount of the sale that’s over $7500. He sold $190,000 in used motorcycles this month. Find his gross income for the month.

$28,050