Earnings, Taxes, and Expenditure Word Problems

Gina Gonzalez is a construction worker. She earns $17.65 per hour. She worked 38 hours last week. What was her straight time pay?

• $671.70

• $670.00

• $680.50

• $665.40

Jake Hunter earns an hourly rate of $16.00 and he receives double time for overtime. Last week he worked 40 hours at his regular rate and 5 hours of overtime. How much did he earn last week?

(a)  

Jason Boluson works at a window factory. He earns $4 per assembled window. Last week, he assembled 108 windows. What was his total pay?

(a)  

Devon Davies earns an annual salary of $43,112.00. What is his biweekly salary?

• $1,658.15

• $1,200.00

• $1,900.50

• $2,050.00

Haley Yanburg sells cosmetics. Her commission is 20% of her total sales. What is her commission when she sells $825.00 worth of cosmetics?

• $165.00

• $82.50

• $205.00

• $120.00

• $469.80

• $523.20

• $410.00

• $600.00

• $3,978.88

• $4,500.00

• $2,750.50

• $5,120.75

• $1,693.50

• $1,800.00

• $1,450.00

• $2,100.00

• $2,071.00

• $1,850.00

• $2,500.00

• $1,600.00

Doug Short’s gross income is $41,700 a year. How much does he pay for Social Security (6.2% of gross pay) and Medicare (1.45% of gross pay)?

• $3,242.15

• $2,500.00

• $4,100.00

• $3,800.50