Piecework

Piecework means...

• A specified amount of money paid to an employee

• A specified amount of money paid to an employee for each item of work completed

• An amount of money paid to an employee for selling a product or service

• Pay that consists only of money earned on sales

Jill earns $0.53 for each pair of pants she sews. If she made 240 pairs of pants, how much did she earn?

• $217.20

• $172.20

• $127.20

Daniel is a barber at Slick Cuts. He charges $17 per haircut. By the end of the week, he has given 50 haircuts. What is his total pay for the week?

• $67

• $850

• $935

Sara is a house sitter. She charges $75 per day. Last month she house sat a total of 14 days. How much did she earn last month?

• $1,050.00

• $105.00

• $1,500.00

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

• $1188

Jordan is a paper boy. He earns $0.25 per paper he delivers. Last week he delivered 500 papers. How much did he earn?

• $125.00

• $12.50

• $150.00

Jody makes jewelry and sells her products on Esty. She charges $25 per bracelet and $40 per necklace. Last month she sold 150 bracelets and 200 necklaces. What were her total earnings for last month?

• $11,750.00

• $8,000.00

• $3750.00

George works to pick watermelons. He earns $0.85 cents per melon for the first 175 melons. For every watermelon after that, he is paid $0.95 per melon. If he picked 198 melons, how much did he earn?

• $170.60

• $118.10

• $168.30

• $198

Paul is a chrome plater at a local plant. If he plates 300 items or more in a day, he is paid $1.25 each. For less that 300 items a day, he is paid $0.75 each. What is his total pay if he plates 321 items Wednesday and 154 on Thursday?

• $401.25

• $593.75

• $516.75

• $115.50

A fruit picker earns $3.20 for the first 40 buckets of fruit picked in a day, and receives $4.40 for every bucket picked in excess of this.

If he collects 62 buckets of fruit in a day, what will he earn?

• $272.80

• $136.80

• $188.4

• $224.80