Wages Worksheet
Wages Worksheet
Wages Worksheet
Worksheet
Name:______Peter-john Hyde__________________________________
Group Members:_______________________________________________________
A. Salary
1. Maria's job pays her $1500 a month. What is her gross weekly wage?
27000/52= 519.23
B. Hourly: A regular work week is 40 hours. Overtime pay is time and one-half.
1. Isabel drives truck for $8.75 an hour. If she worked 40 hours, what would her gross
earnings be for one week? 8.75 x 40 = $350
C. Straight Commission
1. A real estate agent earns 2.4% on the sale of a house priced at $89,950. What is
her take home pay that day? $2158.8
3. Calculate the salesperson's earning in one week if their sales were as follows:
Monday $1500.00
Tuesday $3000.00
Wednesday $ 970.00
Thursday $4563.81
Friday $2760.42
8% of $1000 = $80
12% of $2000 = $240
20% of $9794.23 = $1958.85
Total = $2278.85
1. Emilio earns $150 per week plus 38% commission. He sells $1043.92 in one
week, what is his gross weekly earning.
150 + 38 % of 1043.92
= 150 + 396.6896
= $546.69
2. Mary earns $28 000 a year. One week she grossed $658.00. She had sold
$1673.19 worth of merchandise. What is the rate of her commission?
1. Emma is a sales clerk at a bicycle shop. She is paid $6.25 per hour for 30 hours work
week plus a commission of 8% of sales. In one week, her sales were $2319.75, what is
her gross weekly earning?=
2. Sam is paid $6.45 per hour for a 37.5 hour week plus 6% of sales for a week.
What would Sam's sales have to be for him to earn $400 in a week?
=$6.45/hour×37.5hours/week=$241.88/week
=$400−$241.88=$158.12
total sales
$158.12/0.06
=$2635.33
F. Piece Work
1. Jolene gets paid 17 cents a tree for tree planting up north. In one week she
planted 2437 trees. What is her wage? 17 x 2437/100 = $414.29
2. A seamstress is paid $9.55 for every pair of pants made. How many pants would
have to be made to receive $525 a week? 525/9.55= 55