Name: Class:

Date:
Test # 1
Multiple choices
Instructions: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter that best describes the
answer. (2 Marks)
1. A salesperson earns $20 an hour and she works 10 hours a week. What is her basic wage?
a) $ 2000 b) $ 30 c) $ 200 d) $ 400

2. Find the hourly rate earned by Anthony who receives $92.50 for 8 hours shift.
a) $ 12.54 b) $ 11.56 c) $ 10 d) $ 16.22

3. Luke earned a salary of $48,048. How much did he earn a month?

a) $ 4004 b) $ 572 c) $ 46864 d) $ 924

4. Jesse earns $420 a week and he work 5 days a week. What is his daily wage?
a) $ 415 b) $ 425 c) $ 60 d) $ 84

5. Salary means
a) A fixed yearly or monthly amount of payc) Being paid by the hour
b) Being paid by week d) Being paid by the day
6. Wage means
a) Being paid by the hour c) being paid by the year
b) The pay for the hours worked, usually weekly d) pay by the day

7. A waiter earns $25.40 per hour. Find his weekly wage if he works 10 hours.
a) $ 254 b) $ 256 c) $ 250 d) $ 50

8. Randy’s gross income for the week was $657.89. His net income was $514.93. What
were Randy’s deductions?
a) $ 141.86 b) $ 514.93 c) $ 142.96 d) $ 371.97

9. Jason is a house painter. Last week he worked 49 hours, and his basic wage was $637.
What was his hourly wage?
a) $ 12.50 b) $ 13.50 c) $ 12.75 d) $ 13

10. What is the annual salary for monthly earnings of $4250?

a) $ 51000 b) $ 221000 c) $ 55250 d) $ 53000
Section 2: Problem solving
Instructions: The data below shows the partial salary of employees. Complete the table to show
their basic wage, basic week and basic rate. Show working below to get full marks. (5 Marks)
Name Number of hours Basic rate Basic week
worked
Brian 80 $ 9.35
Anthony 35 $306.25
Pearl $ 8.65 $328.70