Quiz about Wages and Salaries

Question 1

Find the hourly rate earned by Anthony who receives $92.50 for an 8-hour shift.

Accepted Answer

$11.56

Answer

$12.54

Answer

$10.56

Answer

$16.22

Question 2

Find the hourly rate earned by Antoinette who earns $587.60 for a 36-hour working week.

Accepted Answer

$16.32

Answer

$12.37

Answer

$14.82

Answer

$16.58

Question 3

Hourly rate is defined as:

Accepted Answer

The amount of money that is charged, paid, or earned for every hour worked: You pay a fixed amount perhour

Answer

The amount of money earned during a full year

Answer

The lowest pay rate allowed by law for each hour of work.

Answer

Getting payed 2 times a month

Question 4

A customer service representative earns $13 an hour, and he works 52 hours a week. What is his weekly wage?

Accepted Answer

$676

Answer

$364

Answer

$91

Answer

$65

Question 5

A computer programmer earned $1043 a week last year. What was her yearly salary?

Accepted Answer

$54,236

Answer

$52,193

Answer

$55,279

Answer

$56,322

Question 6

Jesse earns $420 a week, and he works 5 days a week. What is his daily wage?

Accepted Answer

$84

Answer

$60

Answer

$415

Answer

$425

Question 7

If Cameron makes $24,000 per year, how much money does he make each month?

Accepted Answer

$2,000.00

Answer

$2,400.00

Answer

$12,000.00

Answer

$461.54

Question 8

Rodney earns $8.45 per hour. Last week he worked 38 hours. What is his weekly pay?

Accepted Answer

$321.10

Answer

$313.50

Answer

$338.00

Answer

$321.1

Question 9

Gail earns $10.50 per hour and worked 32 hours this week. What is her weekly pay?

Accepted Answer

$336.00

Answer

$340.50

Answer

$420.00

Question 10

A gardener earns $15 per hour.  If he works 20 hours, how much will he earn?

Accepted Answer

$300

Answer

$5

Answer

$240

Question 11

A part-time receptionist earns $6.75 per hour. If she works 30 hours, how much will she earn?

Accepted Answer

$202.50

Answer

$4.44

Answer

$202.5

Answer

$203.00

Question 12

Find the annual salary of a person who is paid $1229.00 biweekly (every other week). Hint: divide number of weeks in one year by two, to find the number of pay checks each year.

Accepted Answer

$31,954

Answer

$63,908

Answer

$32,000

Answer

$64,000

Question 13

Steven receives $5.50 for each box of fruit he picks. How many boxes does he need to fill to earn $87.00?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

22

Answer

12

Answer

18

Question 14

Payment of 1.5 times the regular hourly rate

Accepted Answer

Overtime

Answer

Salary

Answer

Annual Wage

Answer

Double Time

Question 15

Calculate the pay earned based on the wage and the hours worked if you work 4 hours a day at $21.00 per hour.

Accepted Answer

$84.00

Answer

$21.00

Answer

$90.00

Answer

$80.00

Question 16

Double-Time is your normal hourly wage times _____ for every hour that you work under special circumstances.

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

40

Answer

1.5

Answer

8

Question 17

What is overtime pay?

Accepted Answer

hours that you work after your regular hours

Answer

hours you work because you want them

Answer

money hours

Question 18

What do I multiply to find the time and a half rate?

Accepted Answer

Regular hourly rate and 1.5

Answer

Overtime rate and 2

Answer

Regular hourly rate and 2

Answer

Regular wages and 1.5

Question 19

What is the time and a half rate for $34?

Accepted Answer

$51

Answer

$52

Answer

$34

Question 20

Alice worked 52 hours this week. She gets paid $9.35 per hour for the first 40 hours and then gets time-and-a-half for the rest of the time. How much money did she make this week?

Accepted Answer

$542.30

Answer

$484.64

Answer

$374.00

Answer

$388.03

Question 21

John worked 47.25 hours this week. He gets paid $10.42 per hour for the first 40 hours and then gets time-and-a-half for the rest of the time. How many hours overtime did he work this week?

Accepted Answer

7.25

Answer

none

Answer

47.25

Answer

17.25

Question 22

Terri worked 53.75 hours this week. She gets paid $9.35 per hour for the first 40 hours and then gets time-and-a-half for the rest of the time. For how many hours was Terri paid $9.35?

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

53.75

Answer

3.75

Answer

13.5

Question 23

Jenny worked 5 hours overtime earning time-and-a-half. If she normally earns $23.50 an hour, how much overtime pay did she earn?

Accepted Answer

$176.25

Answer

$117.50

Answer

$235

Answer

$35.25

Question 24

When someone earns time-and-a-half, this means that they earn _________ the normal rate.

Accepted Answer

one and half

Answer

triple

Answer

double

Answer

half

Question 25

When someone earns double time, this means that they earn _________ the normal rate.

Accepted Answer

double

Answer

triple

Answer

one and half

Answer

half

Question 26

Lily worked 28 normal hours and 6 overtime hours earning time-and-a-half. If Lily normally earns $32.60 an hour, how much did she earn that week?

Accepted Answer

$1206.20

Answer

$1304

Answer

$912.80

Answer

$1108.40

Question 27

George worked 7 hours overtime earning double time. If George normally earns $17.80 an hour, how much overtime pay did he earn?

Accepted Answer

$249.20

Answer

$124.60

Answer

$35.60

Answer

$186.90

Question 28

How many paychecks will an employee earn if they are paid weekly?

Accepted Answer

52

Answer

12

Answer

26

Answer

365

Question 29

DeVonte earns a regular hourly pay of $17.00. Working overtime he gets time and a half. What is DeVonte's total pay if he works 40 hours, plus 6 hours of overtime?

Accepted Answer

$833.00

Answer

$153.00

Answer

$680.00

Answer

$782.00

Question 30

A set amount that an employee is paid for each hour of work.

Accepted Answer

Hourly Rate

Answer

Time and a Half overtime

Answer

Overtime Hours

Answer

Minimum Wage

Question 31

The hourly rate (1.5 hourly rate) an employee is paid for overtime hours.

Accepted Answer

Time and a Half Overtime

Answer

Overtime hours

Answer

Double-Time Pay

Answer

Pay Period

Wages and Salaries

31 questions

Find the hourly rate earned by Anthony who receives $92.50 for an 8-hour shift.

Find the hourly rate earned by Antoinette who earns $587.60 for a 36-hour working week.

Hourly rate is defined as:

A customer service representative earns $13 an hour, and he works 52 hours a week. What is his weekly wage?

A computer programmer earned $1043 a week last year. What was her yearly salary?

Jesse earns $420 a week, and he works 5 days a week. What is his daily wage?

If Cameron makes $24,000 per year, how much money does he make each month?

Rodney earns $8.45 per hour. Last week he worked 38 hours. What is his weekly pay?

Gail earns $10.50 per hour and worked 32 hours this week. What is her weekly pay?

A gardener earns $15 per hour. If he works 20 hours, how much will he earn?

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