Business Math - Final Study Set

Polly Brennan earns $8.62 per hour for playing guitar at Kaldi's coffee shop. She works 12.5 hours per week. What is the musician's straight-time pay? 

• $103.44

• $107.75

• $215.50

• $210.25

As a case worker, Bonnie Armstrong earns $13.47 an hour plus time and a half for weekend work. Last week she worked her regular 40 hours plus 8 hours of overtime on the weekend. What was her total pay for the week?

• $538.80

• $646.56

• $969.84

• $700.44

Landon Elliott fumigates rooms and charges $21.95 per room. On Monday, he fumigated 3 rooms in one house, 2 in another, and 4 in a third. Find his total pay.

• $197.55

• $65.85

• $175.60

• $201.98

Kylie Matsumoto is a set designer. Her annual salary is $45,320. What is Kylie's semimonthly salary?

• $1,743.08

• $7,553.33

• $3,776.67

• $1,888.33

Carrie Ambrose has family medical coverage through her employer's group medical plan. The annual cost of Carrie's plan is $14,800. If her employer pays 75% of the cost, how much does Carrie have to pay per year?

• $11,100

• $308.33

• $3,700

• $592

What is the e) total tax rate and f) sales tax for the pickup truck?

• e) 6.50%; f) $2,506.56

• e) 1.25%; f) $482.03

• e) 7.75%; f) $29,885.88

• e) 7.75%; f) $2,988.59

Calculate the unit price of the following items, round to the nearest 10th of a cent (3 decimal spaces):

• a) 0.723; b) 0.188

• a) 0.722; b) 0.187

• a) $1.384; b) $5.328

• a) $1.384; b) $5.329

Jenna Ford purchased a compact stereo that regularly sells for $229.99 at a markdown rate of 53%. What is the sale price?

• $121.89

• $121.90

• $108.10

• $108.09

Hunter Schatzel has a charge account which uses the unpaid-balance method of computing finance charges. The periodic rate is 1.5%. Hunter's previous balance is $98.56, and he had payments and credits of $47.97. If he has new purchases of $136.85, what is his new balance?

• $188.20

• $190.25

• $187.44

• $138.90

When you work more than the regular number of hours, you may be entitled to this:

• Straight-time pay

• Overtime pay

• Salary

• Commission