Calculating Earnings

Kevin Cleary sales vinyl siding. He earns $6.50 per hour plus a 5 percent commission on every sale. Kevin

worked 32 hours this week and sold $6535.00 worth of vinyl siding. What is Kevin’s commission?

• $326.75

• $534.75

• $3921.00

• $108,916.67

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Leslie Jacobs performs cooking demonstrations at the mall highlighting a new griddle. She is paid $3.00 for each demonstration plus $7.00 per hour. Leslie worked 37 hours this week and performed 52 demonstrations. What is Leslie’s commission?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Karen Thompson sells cell phones. She earns an hourly wage of $8.10 and a commission of $6.25 for every cell phone she sells. This week Karen worked 25 hours and sold 19 cell phones. What is Leslie’s gross pay (pay before taxes) this week?

• $118.75

• $202.50

• $321.25

• $83.75

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Hobert is a sanitation worker. He worked 56 hours this week. If Hobert’s regular pay is $10.45 per hour,

what is his gross pay for this period?

• $585.20

• $418

• $250.80

• $668.80

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Heidi is an executive assistant. She makes $15.85 per hour. If she worked 47.50 hours this week, what is

her overtime pay?

• $752.88

• $178.31

• $634

• $118.88

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

John works at Klein’s Dry Cleaning. He earns $9.45 per hour. If John worked 37.75 hours this week, what is

his gross pay? (round to the nearest hundredth...look it up if you don't know what that means)

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Karl is lawyer and makes $89,400 a year. If he is paid semimonthly how much does he make each pay period?

• $7450

• $3725

• $3438.46

• $1719.23

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Conner works 45 hours a week. His yearly salary is $67,000. How much does he earn per hour?

• $28.63

• $1288.46

• $1488.89

• $18.97

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Chasen earns $4,115 each month. What is his annual salary. Round cents to the nearest hundredth, if necessary

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Lionel Jones sells carpet. He is paid $13.00 for every room of carpet he sells. For the month, Lionel sold

126 rooms of carpet. What is Lionel’s commission?

• 13.00

• 1638.00

• $156

• 19,656

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3