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Your Reward for Hard Work Your paycheck should reflect your gross income. Why is it important to know how to calculate your gross income?. Lesson Objective Calculate straight-time pay. Content Vocabulary. hourly rate. hourly rate A fixed amount of money for each hour you work.
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Your Reward for Hard Work Your paycheck should reflect your gross income. Why is it important to know how to calculate your gross income?
Lesson Objective Calculate straight-time pay. Content Vocabulary • hourly rate hourly rate A fixed amount of money for each hour you work. straight-time pay The total amount of money you earn for a pay period at the regular hourly rate. gross income The total amount you are paid during a pay period. • straight-time pay • gross income
Example 1 Shawna Jackson is a mail clerk. She earns $8.40 per hour. Last week she worked 40 hours, and this week she worked 39½ hours. What is her straight-time pay for each week?
Example 1 Answer Step: Find the straight-time pay. Last week: $8.40 × 40 = $336.00 This week: $8.40 × 39½ =$331.80
Example 1 Answer Step: Find the straight-time pay. Last week: $8.40 × 40 = $336.00 This week: $8.40 × 39½ =$331.80
Practice 1 Izumi is a musician. She earns $35.00 per hour. She works 32½ hours. What is her straight-time pay?
Practice 1 Answer $1,137.50
Practice 2 Steve is a plumber. He earns $28.75 per hour. He works 39¾ hours. What is his straight-time pay?
Practice 2 Answer $1,142.81
Lesson Objective Calculate straight-time, overtime, and total pay. Content Vocabulary • overtime pay overtime pay Extra pay for hours worked beyond the regular number of hours. time and a half An overtime pay rate of 1½ times the regular hourly rate. double time An overtime pay rate of twice the regular hourly rate. • time and a half • double time
Example 1 Alonso Perez is paid $8.20 an hour for a regular 40-hour week. His overtime rate is 1½ times his regular hourly rate. This week Perez worked his regular 40 hours plus 10 hours of overtime. What is his total pay?
Example 1 Answer: Step 1 Find the straight-time pay. Hourly Rate ×Regular Hours Worked $8.20 ×40 = $328.00
Example 1 Answer: Step 2 Find the overtime pay. Overtime Rate ×Overtime Hours Worked (1.5 ×$8.20) ×10 = $123.00
Example 1 Answer:Step 3 Find the total pay. Straight-Time Pay + Overtime Pay $328.00 + $123.00 = $451.00
Practice 1 Jiwon Chang earns $11.70 per hour plus time and a half for overtime. Last week he worked his regular 40 hours plus six hours on the weekend. What is his total pay for the week?
Practice 1 Answer $573.30
Practice 2 Nadia Campana earns a regular hourly rate of $23.60. She earns double time for work on Sundays. Last week she worked her regular 36-hour week plus 7½ hours on Sunday. What is her total pay for the week?
Practice 2 Answer $1,203.60
Lesson Objective Calculate the total hours on a weekly time card. Content Vocabulary • weekly time card weekly time card A daily record of the time you report to work and the time you depart.
Example 1 Gail Stough is required to keep a weekly time card. What are her daily hours for September 18? What are her total hours for the week?
Example 1 Answer:Step 2 Find the total hours for the week. Sum of daily hours 8 + 8¼ + 7½ + 8¼ + 8 8 + 8¼ + 7½ + 8¼ + 8 = 39 + 4/4 = 40 total hours
Practice 1 Jamal Parker works at a company that uses military time. Thus, 1:00 P.M. is shown as 13:00, 2:00 P.M. as 14:00, etc. On Monday, October 1, Jamal worked from 8:02 to 11:47 and from 13:08 to 17:06. How many hours did he work on Monday? How many hours did he work rounded to the nearest quarter hour?
Lesson Objective Compute total pay on a piecework basis. Content Vocabulary • piecework piecework A worker receives a specified amount of money for each item of work completed.
Example 1 Ramon Hernandez works for National Cabinet Company. He is paid $8.00 for each cabinet he assembles. Last week he assembled 45 cabinets. This week he assembled 42. What is his pay for each week?
Example 1 Answer Step: Find the total pay. Last week: $8.00 × 45 = $360.00 This week: $8.00 × 42 = $336.00
Practice 1 Gabrielle Santos is a little league umpire. He earns $20 per game on weekdays and $25 per game weekends. He umpires 14 weekday games and 3 weekend games. What is his total pay?
Practice 1 Answer $355.00
Practice 2 J. Belconis 124 items produced Rate per item $.89 What is the total pay?
Practice 2 Answer $110.36
Lesson Objective Determine salary per pay period. Content Vocabulary • salary salary A fixed amount of money earned on a regular basis.
Example 1 Beth Huggins is a computer programmer. Her annual salary is $42,648. What is her monthly salary? What is her weekly salary?
Example 1 Answer Step: Find the salary per pay period. Monthly: $42,648.00÷12 = $3,554.00 Weekly: $42,648.00 ÷ 52 = $820.15
Practice 1 Michelle Giuseffi is a police officer. Her annual salary is $40,560. What is her biweekly salary?
Practice 1 Answer $1,560
Practice 2 Colin Evans is a hotel desk clerk who earns an annual salary of $21,216. What is his weekly salary?
Practice 2 Answer $408
Lesson Objective Calculate straight commission and determine gross pay. Content Vocabulary • commission commission The amount of money paid for selling a product or service. commission rate A specified amount of money paid for each sale or a percent of the total value of sales. straight commission Pay that consists only of money earned from sales. • commission rate • straight commission
Example 1 Milton Arps sells real estate at a 7½percent straight commission. Last week his sales totaled $290,000. What was his commission?
Example 1 Answer Step: Find the commission. Total Sales ×Commission Rate $290,000 ×7½% $290,000 ×0.075 = $21,750
Example 2 Owen Theil is guaranteed a minimum salary of $250 a week, or 7 percent of his total sales, depending on whichever is greater. What was his gross pay for a week in which his total sales were $3,614?
Example 2 Answer: Step 1 Find the commission. Total Sales ×Commission Rate $3,614 ×7% = $252.98
Example 2 Answer: Step 2 Find the gross pay. Salary or Commission $250 or $252.98 Gross pay is $252.98 (the greater amount).
Practice 1 Jermaine Dixon sells electronic equipment. He receives a straight commission of 6½ percent of his total sales. What commission will he receive in a week where his sales total $12,416?