Ch 5 employment tests- 24-25

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25 questions

Instructions

Write your name and period on the top of the scratch paper and show your work.  If you did your work directly on the calculator, write the equation you wrote into the calculator.

Manny is a hospital administrator who is paid semimonthly. His semimonthly salary is $3,432. What is his annual salary?

An ad agency charges $160 to post one job online. If the agency were to post three or more jobs, each job would cost $135. What is the percent discount per job if the company posts three or more jobs in comparison to one job? Round to the nearest tenth (one decimal) of a percent.

Lauren is a manager at a local Chick-fil-A restaurant. Her regular hourly wage is $18.30. If she is paid time and a half for overtime, what is her overtime pay per hour?

Mrs. Galindo helped write a textbook for an English/Language arts publisher. She will receive 15% royalties for any books sold every year for the next five years. Last year the book was sold for $84.95 and 160,000 copies were sold. How much did she receive in royalties last year?

Rachel contributes 20% of the total cost of her individual health care. This is a $107.25 deduction from each of her biweekly paychecks. What is the total value of her individual health care coverage(paid by both her and her employer) for the year?

Carlos regularly works a 40-hour week and earns $19.30 an hour. He received time and a half for each hour of overtime he worked. Last week he worked 46 hours.

What was Carlos' regular pay?

What was his overtime pay?

What was Carlos' total gross pay?

Dayna, who works at Buffalo Wild Wings, worked her 40 regular hours last week, plus 7 overtime hours at the time-and-a-half rate. Her gross pay was $934.25. What was her hourly rate?

Christina is paid monthly. Her annual salary as a year 1 teacher is $50,580. What is her monthly salary, rounded to the nearest dollar?

Job A offers a higher salary but no medical benefits, and Job B offers a lower salary but full medical benefits. Which job do you accept? What other information would be important to know? Explain your reasoning.

Antonia makes $1,200 a week, what is her annual salary using K notation?

Beyonce has quite a few videos on YouTube. She is paid $1.21 for every 1000 views. Three of her videos have been watched 390,000 times, 8,700,000 times, and 183,200,000 times. How much will she get paid for these three videos? Round to the nearest dollar.

Asa picks strawberries and gets paid at a piecework rate of 72 cents per container for the first 130 containers filled. He receives 95 cents per container for every container over 130 that he fills. Last week, Asa filled 195 containers. How much did he earn?

Mary is a real estate agent. She earns a 6% commission on each sale she makes. Last month she sold one house for $325,700 and another for $285,000. What did Mary earn in commissions for the month?

Nancy is a teacher who is about to retire. Her employer offers a pension. Nancy’s employer uses a formula to calculate the pension. Nancy is planning on retiring at the end of this year after 25 years of employment. A retiring employee receives 2.8% of his or her average salary for the last 4 years of employment multiplied by the number of years worked. Nancy would receive this amount each year until her death. Her salaries for the last 4 years are $96,600; $96,700; $98,600; and $105,000. How much will she receive for her pension?

Talon gets paid $19.20 at Cane's and gets paid at a double rate for overtime. If Talon, worked 4 hours of overtime, how much was his overtime pay?

Captain Mulan earns $16.10 an hour for working part-time. He worked the following hours this week: 8 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, 5 hours on Friday, and 7.5 on Saturday. What is his gross pay for the week?

Why is social security so important to our nation? Explain in your own words.

Brendon took an applicant-paid job through an employment agency. The job pays $825 per week. Brendon must pay a fee to the employment agency. The fee is 19% of his first 3 weeks’ pay. How much money must Brendon pay the agency?

Given the piecewise function below:

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

Darla paid $3,875 in social security taxes last year. The social security rate was 6.2%. Determine how much money she earned last year.

Luis signed a 4-year contract. His salary increases by 2.8% every year. His starting salary is $64K. What will his salary be in 4 years, to the nearest dollar (no decimal)?

Jack got his first job in 2021 and social security taxes were 6.2% of his income up to $147,000. Medicare tax was 1.45%. If he earned $168,210. How much did he pay in total for Social Security and Medicare combined?

Jenna is paid biweekly. She earns $1,040. What would she earn per month?

Ch 5 employment tests- 24-25

Manny is a hospital administrator who is paid semimonthly. His semimonthly salary is $3,432. What is his annual salary?

An ad agency charges $160 to post one job online. If the agency were to post three or more jobs, each job would cost $135. What is the percent discount per job if the company posts three or more jobs in comparison to one job? Round to the nearest tenth (one decimal) of a percent.

Lauren is a manager at a local Chick-fil-A restaurant. Her regular hourly wage is $18.30. If she is paid time and a half for overtime, what is her overtime pay per hour?

Mrs. Galindo helped write a textbook for an English/Language arts publisher. She will receive 15% royalties for any books sold every year for the next five years. Last year the book was sold for $84.95 and 160,000 copies were sold. How much did she receive in royalties last year?

Rachel contributes 20% of the total cost of her individual health care. This is a $107.25 deduction from each of her biweekly paychecks. What is the total value of her individual health care coverage(paid by both her and her employer) for the year?

What was Carlos' regular pay?

What was his overtime pay?

What was Carlos' total gross pay?

Dayna, who works at Buffalo Wild Wings, worked her 40 regular hours last week, plus 7 overtime hours at the time-and-a-half rate. Her gross pay was $934.25. What was her hourly rate?

Christina is paid monthly. Her annual salary as a year 1 teacher is $50,580. What is her monthly salary, rounded to the nearest dollar?

Job A offers a higher salary but no medical benefits, and Job B offers a lower salary but full medical benefits. Which job do you accept? What other information would be important to know? Explain your reasoning.

Antonia makes $1,200 a week, what is her annual salary using K notation?

Beyonce has quite a few videos on YouTube. She is paid $1.21 for every 1000 views. Three of her videos have been watched 390,000 times, 8,700,000 times, and 183,200,000 times. How much will she get paid for these three videos? Round to the nearest dollar.

Asa picks strawberries and gets paid at a piecework rate of 72 cents per container for the first 130 containers filled. He receives 95 cents per container for every container over 130 that he fills. Last week, Asa filled 195 containers. How much did he earn?

Mary is a real estate agent. She earns a 6% commission on each sale she makes. Last month she sold one house for $325,700 and another for $285,000. What did Mary earn in commissions for the month?

Talon gets paid $19.20 at Cane's and gets paid at a double rate for overtime. If Talon, worked 4 hours of overtime, how much was his overtime pay?

Captain Mulan earns $16.10 an hour for working part-time. He worked the following hours this week: 8 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, 5 hours on Friday, and 7.5 on Saturday. What is his gross pay for the week?

Why is social security so important to our nation? Explain in your own words.

Brendon took an applicant-paid job through an employment agency. The job pays $825 per week. Brendon must pay a fee to the employment agency. The fee is 19% of his first 3 weeks’ pay. How much money must Brendon pay the agency?

Given the piecewise function below:Determine the difference between a 3-line and a 7-line ad.

Darla paid $3,875 in social security taxes last year. The social security rate was 6.2%. Determine how much money she earned last year.

Luis signed a 4-year contract. His salary increases by 2.8% every year. His starting salary is $64K. What will his salary be in 4 years, to the nearest dollar (no decimal)?

Jack got his first job in 2021 and social security taxes were 6.2% of his income up to $147,000. Medicare tax was 1.45%. If he earned $168,210. How much did he pay in total for Social Security and Medicare combined?

Jenna is paid biweekly. She earns $1,040. What would she earn per month?

Given the piecewise function below:

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