Calculating Wages

Cheryl makes $12.50 an hour. If she works 25 hours in a week, how much will she make?

• 300

• 312.5

• $300.00

• $312.50

Answer explanation

Remember we are solving for money so answers need to be represented as money and have dollar sign and cents.

What is double time?

• When you work for Ms. Dovichi

• When you work holidays or weekends for some jobs

• Working more than 40 hours a week.

• Working past eight hours a day.

What is overtime?

• When you work holidays.

• When you work more than 10 hours a day.

• When you work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.

• When you work for Ms. Dovichi

Pamela worked 12 hours one day at work. Pamela makes $15.00 an hour, how much did she make that day?

*Remember anything over eight hours is overtime pay*

• $210.00

• $145.50

• $200.00

• $180.00

Hunter worked 15 hours one day at work. Hunter makes $20.50 an hour, how much did he make that day?

*Remember anything over eight hours is overtime pay*

• $461.25

• $307.50

• $315.50

• $379.25

How do you solve for overtime pay?

• X 1.5

• X 2

How do you solve for double time rate of pay?

• X 1.5

• X 2

Rachel makes $18.40 an hour. If she works 30 hours in a week, how much will she make?

• $552.00

• 552

• $55,200.00

• $540.00

Ollie worked 4 hours of double time. His hourly rate is $20.00, how much did he make during those 4 hours.

Hint: Solve for his double time rate of pay first

• $80.00

• $40.00

• $160.00

• $20.00

Bryshell worked 52 hours this week. Bryshell makes $15.50 an hour. What will be her weekly wage including her overtime hours.

Hint: You need to solve for her overtime hours and overtime wage before you solve for her weekly wage

• $800.00

• $806.00

• $900.00

• $899.00