Worksheet On Wages

WORKSHEET ON WAGES Exercise Answer the following: 1)

A typist is paid a basic rate of $22.50 per hour for a 40-hour week. a) Calculate the typist's basic weekly wage. [Answer $900] Overtime is paid at one and a half times the basic hourly rate. b) Calculate the overtime wage for ONE hour of overtime work. [Answer $33.75]

To earn some extra money, the typist decided to work overtime. Calculate the: c) wage she would earn for overtime if she worked for a TOTAL of 52 hours during a given week. [Answer $405] d) total wage she would earn for 52 hours during a given week. [ Answer $1,305] e) number of overtime hours she must work during a given week to earn a TOTAL wage of $1440. [Answer 16 hours]

2)

A company pays its employees a basic wage of $9.50 per hour for a 40-hour week. a) Calculate the basic weekly wage for ONE employee. [ Answer $380 ]

Overtime is paid at a rate of time and a half. b) Calculate the overtime wage for an employee who works 6 hours overtime in a certain week. [ Answer $85.50 ]

In a certain week, the company paid its 30 employees a total of $12 084.00 in basic and overtime wages. Calculate for that week: c) The TOTAL paid in overtime wages [ Answer $684 ] d) The TOTAL number of overtime hours worked by the employees. [ Answer 48 hours ]

3)

The basic wage earned by a truck driver for a 40-hour week is $560.00. a) Calculate his hourly rate. [Answer $14 per hour ] For overtime work, the driver is paid one and a half times the basic hourly rate. b) Calculate his overtime wage for 10 hours of overtime. [Answer $210 ] c) Calculate the TOTAL wages earned by the truck driver for a 55-hour week. [Answer $875 ]

4)

Robin starts work each day at 7:30 a.m. and finishes at 4:30 p.m. He has a 45minute lunch break. a) How many hours does he work? [Answer 8.25 hours ] b) Calculate his basic wage if his rate of pay is $7.25 per hour. [Answer $59.81 ]

5)

Mr. Riley worked at a factory for a basic week of 40 hours. During a particular week his basic wage was $513.88 which included overtime of $159.48. a) Calculate Mr. Riley’s basic rate of payment. [Answer $8.86 per hour ] b) If overtime was paid at time and a half, determine how many hours Mr. Riley worked for overtime. [Answer 12 hours ]

6)

At a farm, the basic week is 40 hours. During a particular week Ms. Annie earned a wage of $491.15 which included $156.75 overtime. a) Calculate Ms. Annie’s basic rate. [Answer $8.36 per hour] b) If overtime was paid at time and a quarter, how many hours did Ms. Annie worked for overtime? [Answer 15 hours ] 7) Jane is paid $9.60 per hour for a 40-hour week and she is paid at time and a half for overtime. Determine how many hours of overtime she worked when her wage for a certain week was $528.00. [Answer 10 hours ]