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

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?

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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