Chapter 6 - Employment Basics

What percent of your earnings goes to Medicare?

• 1.45%

• .0145%

• 6.2%

• .062%

What percent of your earnings goes to Social Security?

• 1.45%

• .0145%

• 6.2%

• .062%

Regular Pay = ________ x ________

• 40 hours worked x days worked

• 40 days worked - days off

• hourly wage x 40

How many regular hours are in one work week?

• 45

• 40

• 35

• 50

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Overtime pay is determined by: ____________________

• adding the hours worked to the hours worked overtime

• multiplying the hours worked by the hours worked overtime

• multiplying the regular pay x 1.5

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Total gross pay =

• overtime pay - regular pay

• regular pay - overtime pay

• regular pay + overtime pay

• regular pay x overtime pay

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Annette completed 154 items, she gets paid $.19 an item. What did she earn?

• $29.26
• $26.29
• $29.28

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Beanie works cleaning carpets.  He charges $99 per room.  If he cleans 3 rooms in one home, 5 in another, and 4 in a third home, how much will he make?

• $792
• $891
• $693
• $1188

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

• $207
• $180
• $222
• $204

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

• $13,540
• $600
• $4,140
• $45,400

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C