Hourly Pay Word Problems

If Billy earns $12.50 an hour and is paid time and a half for overtime, what is his gross pay if he worked 47 hours last week?

By law, most employers are required to pay employees no less than

• minimum wage

• hourly wage

• gross pay

• overtime pay

• time-and-a-half

If Sarah earns $9.50 an hour and is paid time and a half for overtime, what is her gross pay if she worked 32 hours last week?

Overtime pay of 1.5 times the regular hourly wage is called

• minimum wage

• hourly wage

• gross pay

• double-time

• time-and-a-half

If Holly earns $16.14 an hour and is paid double time for overtime, what is her gross pay if she worked 27 hours last week?

Overtime pay that is twice the regular hourly wage is often called

• minimum wage

• hourly wage

• gross pay

• double-time

• time-and-a-half

If Craig earns $14.75 an hour and is paid double time for overtime, what is his gross pay if he worked 52 hours last week?

Extra pay for working over 40 hours is known as

• minimum wage

• hourly wage

• gross pay

• overtime pay

• time-and-a-half

If Jimbo earns $15.56 an hour and is paid time and a half for overtime, what is his gross pay if he worked 7 hours Mon, 7 hours Tues, 14 hours Wed, 10 hours Thurs and 9 hours Friday of last week?

The total amount of money that an employee is paid is called

• minimum wage

• hourly wage

• gross pay

• overtime pay

• time-and-a-half