Wages/Commission
Tim earns $28.50 per hour. Determine his earnings if he works for 12 hours.
12 X $28.50 =
$342
Determine 4pm in 24-hour time
4 + 12 = 16
16:00
Convert 2500 kilojoules to calories. Round to the nearest whole number.
2500/4.2 =
595 Calories
What does PAYG stand for?
Pay as you go
A chemist shop wants to know if its customers are happy with its service. The shop emails customers who have a loyalty card when making a purchase on Saturday morning. Identify the target group.
All the customers of the chemist shop.
Tory sells bracelets. She gets paid $55 per piece sold.
If she sells 19 bracelets in one week, determine her earnings for the week.
19 X $55 =
$1045
Determine the time 3 hours and 15 minutes after 11:35am (in 12-hour time)
Add minutes: 15+35 = 50 minutes
Add hours: 11+3 = 14 hours
Convert 14hours and 50mins to 12 hour time:
2:50pm
A Mcdonalds Cheeseburger has 250 calories and a Coca-Cola has 150 calories.
How many kilojoules are in the meal (of a cheeseburger and coke)?
250+150 = 400 calories
400 x 4.2 = 1680 kilojoules
What is net pay?
a) The money you earn before tax is taken out
b) Your superannuation total
c) The money you earn after tax is taken out
d) Gross Pay + deductions
c) The money you earn AFTER tax is taken out
(your take home pay)
The manager at an ice cream shop wishes to survey their customers about the number of scoops they get on their ice cream. The survey options are:
a) 1 scoop b) 3 scoops c) 4 scoops d) 3-4 scoops e) 7 scoops
Identify 2 issues present in the survey options
2 of the following:
- doesn't allow for all possibilities
- skips 2 scoops
- too many options
- two options for 4 scoops
Chan normally makes $29.90 per hour.
However, she makes double time for working New Years Day. Calculate her daily wage is she works 8.25 hours New Years Day.
$29.90 x 8.25 hours =
$493.35
Summer travels 325km in 1 hour and 30 minutes. Calculate her average speed. Round to the nearest whole number.
S = D/T
S = 325/1.5
S = 217km/hr
A pizza contains 3570kj of energy.
A person uses 140kj of energy in 1 minute of running. How many minutes of running does the person ahve to do to burn the energy in a pizza?
3570/140 =
25.5 minutes of running
Mary worked 44 weeks in the last financial year where she earned $1450 per week. Calculate her total taxable income for the year.
44 x $1450 =
$63 800
Why should the following method not be used to find the most popular cafe drink at Southport state high?
Asking one year 7 class
- only 1 year level which isn't big enough
- doesn't consider teachers/other staff
Sally ears $30/hr and her normal workweek is 35 hours. Is she works over this she is paid a penalty rate of time and a half.
Calculate her pay if she works 40 hours earning during the week.
35 weeks x $30 = $1050
5 weeks x (1.5 x $30) = $225
1050+225 = $1275
A map has a scale of 20mm:400km.
Calculate the distance between City A and City B if the distance between them on the map is 82mm.
400km/20mm = 20km/mm
Therefore 82mm x 20 =
1640km
A person uses 250kj of energy in 5 minutes of running.
They eat a Taco Bell meal contains 3000kj of energy.
How many minutes of running does the person have to do to burn the energy in the Taco Bell meal?
250kj/5mins = 50kj/min of running
3000/50 = 60 minutes of running
(note: there are other ways to workout)
Steve's taxable income is $80 000 for the year. He is taxed $5 092 plus 32.5c for each $1 over $45 000.
Calculate his income tax he should pay.
5 092 + (0.325 x (80 000 - 45 000)) =
$16 467
A hotel surveys its guests. It asks "How clean was your room at our spotless hotel?" and gives the following options as answers:
a) Clean b) Very clean c) Immaculate
Identify 2 problems in this survey and its answer options
- Language used in the question "spotless" is leading (telling them what they want to hear)
- Options for the answer don't allow for all possibilities (no neutral or negative answer)
- need more answer options
Leo is a real estate agent and is paid a base wage of $450 per week plus 4.5% commission on the price of every house he sells.
Calculate his earnings for the week is he sells a house for $800 000
450 + (0.045 x 800 000) =
$36 450
A map has a scale of 10mm:250km.
The distance between Perth and Hobart on the map is 72mm.
If Sally flies at a speed of 200km/hr, calculate the flight time.
10mm = 250km, therefore 1 mm = 25km
72 x 25 =1800km
T = d/s = 1800km/200km/hr = 9 hours
The energy used for a person swimming at 25m/min is 2.65 cal/kg/30mins.
Calculate the energy used by an 80kg person swimming at 25m/min for 30 minutes.
2.65 x 80kg =
212 calories in 30 mins
Tanna's taxable income is $150 000 for the year. She is taxed $29 467 plus 37c for each $1 over $120 000.
She was charged $46 000 in PAYG. Calculate her income tax and state whether she gets a bill or tax return and for how much.
Tax: 29 467 + (0.37 x (150 000 - 120 000)) =
$40 567
46 000 - 40 567 = $5433
Therefore, she gets a RETURN of $5433
During the election, one poll shows Trump to be up 2.5% and one poll shows his opposition, Harris, to be ahead by 5%. During a rally, Trump tells his supporter "We are sure to win this election, I am up 2.5% in the polls!"
Give two reasons Trump's statement misrepresents the poll surveys?
- Omits data of Poll 2 (the other poll favoured the opposition)
- Picking the data that favours his outcome (winning the election)