Ch 5 Employment Test Review

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42 questions
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Julie found a job listed in classified ads. It has a yearly salary of $48K. What is the weekly salary to the nearest dollar?

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Celia gets paid biweekly. Her annual salary is $67,800. What is her biweekly salary to the nearest cent?

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Kathy found a job with a monthly salary of $2,839. What is her annual salary?

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Alyssa makes $5,480 a month, what is her annual salary?

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Alyssa makes $600 a week, what is her annual salary using K notation?

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Tina makes $900 a week, what is her annual salary using K notation?

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Andrew took a job through an agency. The job pays $495 a week. He must pay a fee of 20% of his first four weeks' pay. How much must Andrew pay the agency?

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David took a job through an agency. The job pays $2,895 a month. He must pay a fee of 5% of two month's pay. How much must Andrew pay the agency?

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How many times a year does each time frame happen?

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Biweekly
52
Semimonthly
26
Quarterly
24
Semiannually
12
Weekly
4
Monthly
2
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Match the following definition to its word.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
FICA
medicare and social security taxes
hourly rate
working more than regular hours scheduled
net pay
a set amount paid for each hour worked.
gross pay
amount before taxes are taken out
overtime
amount after taxes are taken out
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Wall-E earns $14.30 an hour for working part-time. He worked the following hours this week: 4 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, 5.5 hours on Friday, and 8 on Saturday. What is his gross pay for the week?

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Captain Kirk earns $16.30 an hour for working part-time. He worked the following hours this week: 7 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, 5 hours on Friday, and 7.5 on Saturday. What is his gross pay for the week?

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Jesse works at the gas station and earns $17.40 per hour. For overtime, Jesse gets paid time and a half. What would Jesse get paid per hour if he worked overtime?

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Clarissa works at the aquatic center and earns $17.80 per hour. For overtime, Clarissa gets paid double. What would Clarissa get paid per hour if she worked overtime?

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Andrew gets paid $16.22 at Chik Fil A and gets paid time and a half for overtime. If Andrew, worked 8 hours of overtime, how much was his overtime pay?

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Tanner gets paid $16.60 at Cane's and gets paid time and a half for overtime. If Tanner, worked 8 hours of overtime, how much was his overtime pay?

Angel regularly works a 40 hour week and earns $13.50 an hour. He received time and a half for each hour of overtime he works. Last week he worked 42 hours.
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What was Angel's regular pay?

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What was his overtime pay?

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What was Angel's total gross pay?

Bob regularly works a 40-hour week and earns $19.24 an hour. He received time and a half for each hour of overtime he worked. Last week he worked 46 hours.
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What was Bob's regular pay?

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What was his overtime pay?

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What was Bob's total gross pay?

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The local hospital placed an ad in the classified section of their online and printed local newspaper. The following piecewise function represents the cost per line:

Determine the difference between a 3-line ad and a 7-line ad.

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The local hospital placed an ad in the classified section of their online and printed local newspaper. The following piecewise function represents the cost per line:

Determine the difference between a 3-line ad and an 8-line ad.

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Screen-printing agency charges a company $180 to post a job online. If the agency posts three or more jobs, the cost is $160 per job posting. What is the percent discount of posting one job to three jobs? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Telles agency charges a company $98 to post a job online. If the agency posts four or more jobs, the cost is $80 per job posting. What is the percent discount of posting one job to four jobs? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Pablo signed a 4 year contract. His salary increases 2.8% every year. His starting salary is $65K. What will his salary be in 4 years?

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Peter signed a 6-year contract. His salary increases 3.1% every year. His starting salary is $57K. What will his salary be in 6 years?

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Mr. Lee wrote a textbook for a history book publisher. He will receive 14% royalties for any books sold every year for the next 5 years. In years 1 and 2, the book was sold for $82.95, and he sold 72,000 copies the first year and 102,000 copies the second year. How much did he receive in royalties over the first two years?

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Mr. Vacation wrote a textbook for a health book publisher. He will receive 18% royalties for any books sold every year for the next 3 years. In years 1 and 2, the book was sold for $54.95, and he sold 108,000 copies the first year and 210,000 copies the second year. How much did he receive in royalties over the first two years?

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Tania sells jewelry and gets paid hourly and commission. She earns $15 an hour and earns a 6% commission on whatever jewelry she sells. She sold $2,300 worth of jewelry and worked 25 hours. How much was she paid?

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Hannah sells designer purses and gets paid hourly and commission. She earns $22 an hour and earns a 2% commission on whatever she sells. She sold $10,000 worth of purses and worked 30 hours. How much was she paid?

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Alex works in the fields. It's cantaloupe season so he earns $14.80 per box of cantaloupe filled. After 3 filled boxes, he earns $18.90 per box. If he filled 8 boxes, how much did he earn that day?

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Danny was picking apples today. He earned $19 for each bin filled. After 2 bins, he earns $25 per bin. He filled 7 bins. How much did he make?

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Javi's employer offers him health insurance. Javi pays 20% of his health insurance. He must pay $78 biweekly. How much does his health care cost in total per year?

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Manny's employer offers him health insurance. Manny pays 15% of his health insurance. He must pay $140 monthly. How much does his health care cost in total per year?

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Luna is the director of the recreational center and has been working there for 26 years. Her last three salaries were $87,300, $91,000, and $87,900. Her pension is calculated by multiplying the number of years worked times the average of the last three salaries and multiplying by 2.9%. Calculate her pension.

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Lane is about to retire from working 30 years at Vons. His last four salaries were $56,300, $61,000, $59,200, and $58,400. His pension is calculated by multiplying the number of years worked times the average of the last four salaries and multiplying by 3.2%. Calculate his pension.

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Ruben got his first job in 2021 and social security taxes were at 6.2% with a maximum income of up to $147,000. Medicare tax was 1.45%. If he earned $180,000 determine his FICA taxes.

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Jared was just hired by an accounting corporation this year. He will pay social security taxes at 6.2% with a maximum income of up to $160,200. Medicare tax is 1.45%. If he earned $91,000 determine his FICA taxes.

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Jackie paid $5,270 in social security taxes last year. The social security rate was 6.2%. Determine how much money she earned last year.

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Darla paid $3,844 in social security taxes last year. The social security rate was 6.2%. Determine how much money she earned last year.