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Cogito

Consumer Math · Chapter 1 · Lesson 1

Practice Worksheet

Wages, Salary, and Gross Pay

What the job actually pays.

12 problems · about 20 minutes · TEKS M.M.1.A

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Figure — use these to answer the problems

Compare weekly pay across three jobs. Change the values and watch which offer actually leads.
Job A600
Job B640
Job C580
Job A weekly pay600
Job B weekly pay640
Job C weekly pay580
Figure 1

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

5 problems

  1. 25 hours at $16 an hour. Gross pay in dollars?

    Answer

  2. What is the difference between gross and net pay?

    • Gross is before deductions; net is what actually arrives.
    • They are two names for the same amount.

  3. 30 hours at $12 an hour. Gross pay in dollars?

    Answer

  4. A $52000 salary paid weekly. How much per week, in dollars?

    Answer

  5. $20 an hour with time and a half. What is the overtime rate, in dollars?

    Answer

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

3 problems

  1. 44 hours at $10 an hour, overtime after 40. Gross pay in dollars?

    Answer

  2. 3% commission on $12000 of sales. Commission in dollars?

    Answer

  3. $25 an hour for a 2080-hour year. Annual gross in dollars?

    Answer

Stretch Yourself

Mixed problems. Work out what kind of question it is before you start.

4 problems

  1. Sort each pay arrangement by how it is calculated.

    Write each item under the heading it belongs to: Hourly wage · Overtime pay · Annual salary · Commission on sales

    Depends on hours worked

    Does not depend on hours

  2. $62400 a year paid monthly. Monthly gross in dollars?

    Answer

  3. The Shift

    18 hours at $14 an hour. What is the gross pay, in dollars?

    Answerdollars

  4. The Commission

    A salesperson earns 5% commission on $8000 of sales. How much commission, in dollars?

    Answerdollars