ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Sumaiyah gets paid a differential piece rate for each shirt she sews. Consult the chart
below and calculate her weekly earnings if she sewed 463 shirts last week.

From 1 – 100 : RM0.45 each

From 101 – 300 : RM0.70 each

From 301 and above : RM 0.95 each

What were her earnings?

2. ABC Corporation pays their employees on a graduated commission scale: 3% on the

first RM30,000 of sales, 5% on sales above RM30,000 to RM70,000 and 7% on sales
over RM70,000. Adam’s total sales for the last month were RM210,000. What was
Adam’s commission?

3. In an engineering firm all workers work a basic week of 40 hours. Overtime worked on
Saturday is paid at time and a half while on Sunday is paid for at double time. If the
basic wage is RM70.00 per hour, find the gross wage of a man who worked 40 hours
from Monday to Friday, 2 hours of overtime on Saturday and 5 hours of overtime on
Sunday.

4. Jose makes a base monthly salary of RM2700. He gets a 10% commission on all sales
for every month. There is also an additional 10% bonus on top of the normal commission
rate for any sales over RM39000. If Jose sold RM42000 worth of items this month, what
is his total salary for the month?

5. A real estate office pays its salespeople a weekly retainer of RM220 plus commission of
2.5% for the first RM200,000 of the value of each property sold and 2% of each amount
after that. Calculate the commission received if the salespeople sold a RM795,600
house.

6. Jenny worked 44 hours (4 hours were overtime - she is paid time and a half for that). Her
regular wage is RM6.50/hour. She was also given a bonus of RM50. What is Jenny's
gross pay for this week?

7. Jenny is a teacher who is paid a weekly salary of RM11527.35. What is her annual
salary?

8. Tina is a part-time waitress at a local restaurant. She is paid RM7.50 per hour and the
payment is made by weekly. What is Tina’s wages in a month during which she works
22 hours?
9. Harry washes cars in a car yard and is paid RM12.00 per car washed. What does Harry
earn in a day during which he washes 22 cars?

10. Fruit pickers in a strawberry farm are paid RM14.50 for every 1 box of strawberries
picked. 1 box of strawberries are equal to 2 kilograms of weight. If a worker picks 16
kilograms of strawberries in a day, how much will he earn?

11. Amy is a dressmaker and charges RM35.00 for the first 50 dresses, and RM30 for all
subsequent dresses. How much does she earn for making 65 dresses?

12. Junaidah delivers brochures to letterboxes in her local area. She is paid RM125 per
1000 brochures delivered. How much will Jill earn after delivering 4500 brochures?

13. Suhaili is a teacher and earns RM837.65 per week and has deductions of RM213.35 for
tax, RM49.75 for retirement funds, and RM19.83 for her health funds. What is net pay?

14. Merican is a carpenter and earned RM327.50 last week. What is his hourly rate when he
worked 25 hours last week?

15. A trainee in a hotel is paid RM172.35 each day for working from 6 am to 3.30 pm every
week day. If he works 6 days a week, calculate how much he is paid per hour, per week
and per year.