Name: ____________________________ Date: _____________

Carlos and Samantha work as servers at the same restaurant. Carlos makes $9 per hour and
Samantha makes $6 per hour. Samantha also works a second job and makes $21 there each day.

1. In the box below, illustrate the word problem above:

2. Create an equation that describes the word problem. Then, use it to determine how many hours
Carlos and Samantha work at the restaurant each day if they make the same amount of money
across all of their jobs at the end of the day.
 WARM UP

1. Do you want to have a job in high school? Circle one: YES NO MAYBE
a. If you answered yes, what job would you want and why?
b. If you answered no, what jobs do you think people usually have in high school?

2. What is your favorite restaurant? What is your favorite dish there?

Now flip to the other side of this worksheet

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions after our discussion

3. What do you notice about how much Carlos and Samantha get paid? Do you think this happens
in reality?

4. Why do you think there are wage gaps between men and women?

5. How could math help you solve the issue of gender wage gaps?