Commission and Royalties

Smillah makes money by commission rates. She gets 17% of everything she sells. If Smillah sold $37,000 worth of items this month, what is her salary for the month?

• $14,800

• $5,180

• $629

• $6,290

Mr. Dreiszus earns $250 per week plus 2% commission on all of his sales. If he sells $2,800 worth of appliances, what is his total income for the week?

• $56

• $287

• $306

• $467

Connor makes $10,000 a month plus some money by commission rates. He gets 6% of everything he sells. If Connor sold $59,000 worth of items this month, what is his salary for the month?

• $13,540

• $600

• $4,140

• $45,400

A carpet salesman sold 5,000 yards of carpet in one month at an average of $3 per yard. His commission was 16%. How much money did he make that month?

• $2800
• $2648
• $2587
• $2400

Nick picks corn and gets paid at a piecework rate of 55 cents per container for the first 300 containers picked. He receives 60 cents per container for every container over 300 that he picks. Last week, Nick picked 370 containers. How much did he earn?

• $207

• $180

• $222

• $204

Samantha delivers newspapers for The Advocate. She gets paid $0.13 for the weekly paper, $0.17 for the Saturday paper, and $0.34 for the Sunday paper. If she delivers 214 daily papers each day during the week, 289 Saturday papers, and 312 Sunday papers each week, how much does she make for the week?

• $183.03

• $294.31

• $232.25

• $105.95

Kaitlynn sells textbooks. She receives 7% on her first $1,000 in sales and 15% on the balance of her sales. If her sales in one month were $14,500, she would earn $2,025 in commission.

• True

• False

12 pay periods

• monthly
• semimonthly
• weekly
• biweekly

24 pay periods; twice a month

• semimonthly
• monthly
• biweekly
• weekly

Method of payment where an employee receives a percentage of the amount of sales, example real estate agent.

• Salary

• Hourly Pay

• Commission

• Piecework