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Justin McAndrew - Math - Unit One - Assignment One

This document provides information about several jobs and pay structures, including hourly wages, commissions, and salaries. It then provides word problems to calculate earnings for each job based on the given pay information and hours/sales for each scenario. The word problems cover a range of jobs from retail, food service, and sales and calculate weekly, monthly or per item earnings.

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Justin McAndrew - Math - Unit One - Assignment One

This document provides information about several jobs and pay structures, including hourly wages, commissions, and salaries. It then provides word problems to calculate earnings for each job based on the given pay information and hours/sales for each scenario. The word problems cover a range of jobs from retail, food service, and sales and calculate weekly, monthly or per item earnings.

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GETTING PAID 

CLERICAL OPENINGS
Entry-Level Positions​ available at a fast-growing computer graphics company.
Good communication and organizational skills required. Must have experience with
Excel​ and​ Word.
Salary: $44,000
Email Resume to: [email protected]

Calculate your take home pay for the above job if: ​(4 marks)

/ = Divide
M = Months
W = Weeks
Hrs = Hours

$44,000 / 12m = $3677.00(Monthly) / 2 = $1833(Semi-Monthly)


$44,000 / 52w = $846.00(Weekly) x 2 = $1692(Bi-Weekly)
40hrs a week x 52W = 2080hrs a year
$44,000 / 2080hrs = $21.15(Hourly)

a) You are paid weekly.

$846.00 a week.

b) You are paid monthly.

$3667.00 a month.

c) You are paid bi-weekly.

$1692.00 bi-weekly.

d) You are paid semi-monthly.

$1833.00 semi monthly.


2. Gerry installs glass in automobiles.

$16/h x 35h/w = $560/w


35h/w x 52w = 1820h/y x $16/h = $29,120/y
$29,120/y / 12M = $2427/m / 2 = $1213BiMonthly
$29,120/y / 52W = $560/w x 2 = $1120BiWeekly.

a) He is paid $16 an hour for 35 hours a week. What are weekly earnings? ​(1 mark)
$560 a week
b) What are Gerry’s monthly earnings? ​(2 marks)
$2427 a month
$1213 Bi-monthly
**HINT - You need to find yearly earnings first.
Wait Staff Needed

Servers needed for a roadhouse opening close to the Community Centre.


Neat appearance and friendly personality a must.
Up to 44 hours weekly.
Minimum wage and time and a half for overtime.
Pick up job application at site.

3. You decide to apply for the above job. You can only work 6 hour shifts, 3 days a
week. You will be starting at minimum wage (which is $12.20). What will your pay be
for one week? ​(2 marks)

6Hrs x 3d/w = 18H/W x $12.20/h = $219.6/$220

$219.6 or $220 a week.

4. Your buddy Saara works at Swiss Chalet. She earns $13.00/hour. Last week she
worked 50 hours, plus got $150 in tips. How much does she pocket that week? (Hint:
For work more than 44 hours, she got overtime, which was time and a half.) ​(3 marks)

(OTH =OverTime Hours)


$13.00/hx44h = $572+6OTH = 1.5x$13 = $19.50/OTHx6OTH = $117
$572 + $117 = $689 + $150Tips = She pockets $839 that week.
5. Mehul is a subway driver and earns $25/hour regularly. However, if he works on a
holiday, he gets double time and a half. Greg worked 30 hours, PLUS 8 hours on New
Year’s Day. How much did he earn? ​(3 marks)

$25/hx30h = $750+8OTH = 2.5X$25 = $62.5x8 = $500 : $750+$500 = He earns


$1250.

6. Evelyn works at Shopper’s DrugMart. She is paid $14/hour and time and a half for
overtime (anything over 40 hours). This week she has worked 45 hours. What will her
pay be for this week? ​(3 marks)
$14/hx40hr = $560+5OTH = 1.5x$14 = $21.00x5OTH = $105+$560 = $665 that week.

7. Yvonne sells Nine West shoes. She earns 4% commission on all her sales.
Yesterday she sold $1500 worth of shoes. How much commission did she earn? ​(2
marks)
It doesn’t say how many were sold, or how much each individual product costs,
so;

4% commision = 0.04 x $1500 = She earned $60 in commission.

8. Omar sells electronics. He earns 10% on all his sales. If he sold $3500, how much
commission did he earn? ​(2 marks)

It doesn’t say how many were sold, or how much each individual product costs,
so;
10% commission = 0.10 x$3500 = He earned $250 in commission.

9. Zoya sells insurance. She earns $8/hour and 14% commission on all her sales.
Last week, she worked 35 hours and sold $20.58 worth of insurance. How much did
she earn altogether? ​(3 marks)
$8/hx35h = $280 + 0.14x$20.58 = $2.88 = $280 & $2.88 = She earned $282.88 all
together.

10. Lauren sells Tahitian Noni Juice (a health drink). She does not have a monthly
salary, but they give 25% commission on all her sales up to $1500, anything beyond
$1500 is given a 29% commission. How much did she make if she sold $2500 worth of
juice? ​(3 marks)
$1500+$1000 = $2500
0.25x$1500 = $375
+
0.29x$1000 = $290
=
She made $665 if she sold $2500 worth of juice.

11. Sabrina sells hairdressing supplies. She earns a weekly salary of $350, 6%
commission on the first $1000 in sales she makes each week, and 10% commission on
sales over $1000. Determine her weekly salary for the following week. ​(3 marks)
These are her sales for the week:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

710 315 150 345 230

Mon--Tues = $1025 - $25 = $1000 Wed(+25)--Fri = $750 Total Sales = $1750

0.06x$1000 = $60
0.10X$750 = $75
$60+$75 = $135
$135+$350 = She makes a total of $485 that week.

12. Alejandro was a tree planter up north last summer. He is given room and board,
but no salary. For each tree he plants, he earns $1.50. He planted 137,000 trees last
summer. How much did he take home? ​(2 marks)

$1.50/Tree x 137,000 Trees = He took home $205,500.


13. Anna builds wooden pallets. She is paid 35 cents for each pallet she builds. She
can regularly make 1230 pallets in a week. How much does she earn on average every
week? ​(2 marks)

35 Cents a pallet, times 1230 pallets = 0.35x1230 = She earns $430.50 on average
every week.

14. Ladan sells creative memories scrapbook materials. She earns 10% on the first
$1000 of sales and 15% commission on sales above $1000. How much does she make
if she sells $2053.35 in a month? ​(2 marks)

0.10 x $1000 = $100


0.15 x $1053.35 = $158

$100 + $158 = She makes $258 in commission if she sells $2053.35 in a month.

15. Vanessa sells furniture. She receives a monthly salary of $1000 and earns 3%
commission on her sales. Her sales for each week of one month are shown below.
Find her total monthly earnings. ​(3 marks)

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

$1225 $7229 $8445 $1539

Total: $18,438 x 0.03 = $553.14


$1225 x 0.03 = $36.75
$7229 x 0.03 = $216.87
$8445 x 0.03 = $253.35
$1539 x 0.03 = $46.17
TOTAL: $553.14

$553.14 + $1000/m = $1553.14 Total monthly earnings.

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