1.1 Hourly Pay (Business Math)

What does straight-time pay mean?

• A record of time you report for work and the time you depart each day of the week

• The extra pay for hours worked beyond regular hours

• Money put into a bank account

• The total amount of money earned for a pay period at the regular hourly rate

What does overtime pay mean?

• A record of time you report for work and the time you depart each day of the week

• The extra pay for hours worked beyond regular hours

• Money put into a bank account

• The total amount of money earned for a pay period at the regular hourly rate

What is the straight-time pay for someone who makes $14.25 an hour and worked 38 hours for a week?

• $52.25

• 532

• $541.50

• $551.76

Were do we see real world numbers with 3 decimals?

• Medicine

• Machine shops and engineering

• Stock Prices

• Gas Stations

• Baseball Batting Averages

What is another way of writing 27 1/4 hours?

• 27.4

• 27.14

• 27.25

• 27.5

Calculate the straight-time pay for Juliette. She works 9 hours for 4 days and earns $13.65 per hour.

• $122.85

• $491.40

• $63.60

• $26.25

If your calculated pay was $425.298125... how much would you actually get?

• $425.29

• $425.30

George worked 9 hours a day all 5 days last week. How many hours is considered straight-time pay?

• 45

• 40

• 35

• 9

Calculate the straight-time pay:

37 hours, $18.32 per hour

• $677.10

• $677.80

• $677.84

• $55.32

How many hours would Cindy have to work to save $1080 making $15 per hour?

• 72

• 1095

• 1065

• 16200

• 68