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Gus works 36 hours from Monday to Friday for $25/hr, and works 4 hours overtime on the weekend. He is paid time-and-a-half for overtime. What is his total weekly wage?
$1,050
Terryn earns $22.50/hr working at a bookstore. She works 7 hours a day on weekdays, and 6 hours on Saturday at double-time. What is her total weekly wage?
$1,057.50
Aiden earnt $924 in a week. If he works 30 normal hours and 12 hours overtime at double-time, what is his hourly wage?
$30/hr
Sam works 15 normal hours on weekdays, 5 hours at time-and-a-half, and 3 hours at double-time. Altogether, how many normal hours is this equivalent to?
28.5 normal hours (15 + 5 x 1.5 + 3 x 2)
Alexis earns $15/hr. She was paid $105 for yesterday's work. How many hours did she work yesterday?
7 hours
If Eva works 9 overtime hours at time-and-a-half, how many normal hours is this equivalent to?
13.5 hours
Lawson works 40 hours per week at the mines, and earnt $1280 in a week. How much does he earn per hour?
$32/hr
Taylor earns $16/hr, and was paid $432 this week. How many hours did she work this week?
27 hours
An annual wage of $52,000 is equivalent to a weekly wage of...?
$1,000
A weekly wage of $570 is equivalent to an annual wage of...?
$29,640
How weeks are there in a fortnight?
2 weeks
How many fortnights in a year?
52/2 = 26
Why do we NOT multiply weekly wages by 4 to get the monthly wage?
A month is not exactly equal to 4 weeks.
How many weeks in a year?
52
How many weeks in a quarter? (1/4 of a year)
52/4 = 13
Angus earns $16.50 per hour, and works for 12 hours a week after school. How much has he earnt in a fortnight?
$396
