Financial Algebra Chapter 1 Quiz 3

Zachary Olson works at Best Buy. He receives a weekly salary of $400 plus 4% commission based on his sales. Last year, he sold $500,000 worth of computer equipment. How much did Zach earn last year?

• $20,000

• $20,800

• $40,800

• $45,280

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Monique Garcia works for Avon part-time. She is paid a monthly commission. She receives 20% of the first 500 in sales and 10% of the balance of her sales. Last month she sold $850 worth of Avon makeup. How much commission did she earn last month

• $100

• $85

• $185

• $250

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Marcial Ybarra wrote the hunger game series that sells for h dollars each. He received a $50,000 bonus to write the book and receives a 10% commission on each book sold. Express the total amount of income he earns from selling b books algebraically.

• $50,000

• hb + $50,000

• hb(.10) + $50,000

• .10b + $50,000

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Thurgood Jenkins worked Mr. Simely face (call him over to your place). His current salary is $30,000. when he was hired he was given 5 days vacation. For each year he works he gains another day of vacation. He has worked for just over 6 years. How many vacation days does Thurgood Jenkins get after the 6 years?

• 5 days
• 11 days
• 6 days
• what's vacation?

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Isabella Carrillo contributes 20% of the cost of her individual health care. Her monthly deductible is $100. what is the total cost of her YEARLY individual coverage?

• $500

• $1,200

• $6,000

• $4,800

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

As part of their employee benefits, all workers at PG&E receive a pension that is calculated by multiplying the number of years worked by 1.875% of the 3 highest years worked by the number of years worked. John worked for PG&E for 30 years and his 3 highest years were $92,000, $94,800, and $96,250. Calculate Johns yearly pension

• $53,071.88
• $94,350
• $1,769.06
• $17,690.63

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Cruz Alvarez works in construction framing houses. He gets paid d dollars per hour, plus $1,000 for each house he frames. Last week Cruz worked h hours and framed f houses. Write an expression for Cruz's total earnings.

• 1,000d + hf

• dh + 1,000f

• df + 1,000h

• hf + 1,0000d

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Jill picks strawberries and gets paid at a piecework rate of 55 cents per container for the first 200 container. After that she receives 75 cents per container over 200 she picks. Last week, Jill picked 450 containers of strawberries. How much did she earn?

• $100

• $447.50

• $297.50

• $187.50

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Thurgood Jenkins worked Mr. Simely face (call him over to your place). His current salary is $30,000. when he was hired he was given 5 days vacation. For each year he works he gains another day of vacation. He has worked for just over 6 years. How many vacation days does Thurgood Jenkins get after the 6 years?

Let x represent the number of years he has worked for the company and y represent the number of paid vacation days. Write an equation that models the relationship of these variables.

• y = 1x + 5

• y = 5x + 1

• x = 1y + 5

• y = 5x + 5

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Andrew Gonzales' employee benefits include health care coverage. His employer covers 78% of the total cost, which is a contribution of $1,599.78 towards the total coverage amount. How much does Andrew pay for his coverage?

• $2,051

• $451.22

• $278.54

• $1599.78

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7