Working+For+Others

Try the activity from the website below. Percentages Now attempt the questions below. 1. A man is paid $18.50 an hour for a 35 hour week. What is his normal weekly wage? 2. A boy is paid a wage based on $9.15 an hour. How much is he paid for an 8 hour day of work? 3. For a 38 hour working week a woman is paid $731.50 Find her hourly rate of pay. 4. Dee-Anne is paid $16.05 an hour for a 35 hour week. Rebecca receives $15.75 for a 38 hour week. Who has the higher weekly wage and by how much? 5. Chloe is paid $594.70 for a 38 hour week, while Ellie is paid $565.25 for a 35 hour week. Who has the higher rate of pay and by how much? 6. A painter works a 38 hour week for an hourly rate of $19.65 An extra height allowance of 95 cents per hour is paid. Find his total weekly wage. 7. Find the commission paid on sales of: a) $300  b)$743  c)$1658  <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">d)$92 <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">8. Tyler is offered a sales position with a retainer (guaranteed wage) of $140 plus a commission of 7% on sales. How much could he make if his weekly sales were $6300? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">9. Isobel works in a supermarket on a casual basis. She is paid $16.60 an hour from Monday to Friday and $20.85 an hour on Saturdays. Find her income for the week if she works from 3:30pm to 5:30pm weekdays and from 8:30am to 1pm on Saturday. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">10. Sienna works as a waiter from 6pm to 1:30am four days in one week. Her hourly rate of pay is $18.35 and she gets an average of $6.50 in tips per working night. Find her income for the week. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">11. A factory worker was paid $2.16 for each garment completed. How much would be earned if 240 garments were completed? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">12. A doctor charges each patient $53.70 for a consultation. If she works for 5 hours during one day and sees an average of six patients per hour, find the amount of money received that day. Her costs per day are $343. What was her profit for the day? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">13. Betty and Shelby are two shearers who were paid $2.15 for each sheep shorn. By how much was Betty's pay greater than Shelby's if Betty was able to shear 673 sheep while Shelby was able to shear only 489? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Here is an extension question for fast finishers. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Create your own question about working for others for the person sitting next to you to work out.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Working For Others __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Open this file and save it to your laptop for the notes on today's lesson.  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px; text-align: center;">[[file:1 Working For Others.notebook]]