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Topics Date completed

Topic 1 -­Salaries __/__/__

Topic 2 -­ Wages
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Topic 3 -­ Overtime __/__/__
Topic 4 -­ Commission __/__/__
Topic 5 -­ Piecework and casual work __/__/__
Topic 6 -­ Allowances and holiday loading __/__/__
Topic 7 -­ Deductions __/__/__
Topic 8 -­ Income tax __/__/__
Topic 9 -­ Budgeting __/__/__
Topic 10 -­ 3URÀWDQGORVV __/__/__

Practice Tests

Topic 1 -­ Topic test A __/__/__

Topic 2 -­ Topic test B __/__/__

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Topic  1:  Salaries   pages 1–2
UNIT 1: Salaries
QUESTION 1 Tom’s annual salary is $69 550. How much is he paid each week?
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QUESTION 2 Geoff receives a salary of $122 856.50 p.a. What is his gross fortnightly pay?
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QUESTION 3 Claudette earns $948 per week. What is her annual salary?
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QUESTION 4 Monique receives $4230 per month. Find her

a annual salary __________________________________________________________________
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b weekly pay ___________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 5 Jim was earning $72 850, after being granted a 7·5% pay rise. What was his pay (to the
nearest dollar) before this rise? _______________________________________________________
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QUESTION 6 Leslie was earning $85 630 p.a. and received a 6% pay rise. What is her new salary?
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 7 Simone is a high school teacher and her pay increased from $56 820 p.a. to $65 380 p.a.
Calculate her percentage pay rise. _____________________________________________________
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UNIT 2: Wages
Topic  2:  Wages  

QUESTION 1 Geoff works 38 hours per week and his weekly wage is $1962. Find his hourly rate of
pay. _____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Jill works a basic week of 40 hours and her hourly rate of pay is $32.50. Calculate her
weekly wage. _____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 3 Maddie works in a shop and is paid $21.40 per hour. Calculate Maddie’s wage in a week
when she works 40 hours. ___________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 4 Angus works 8 hours a day and a nine-day fortnight. if his pay rate is $18.90 per hour,
what is his fortnightly pay?___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 5 Nick works a 38-hour week for an hourly rate of $28.95. Find his total weekly wage.
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 6 Kim is paid $2643.80 per fortnight. If she works 35 hours per week, what is her hourly
rate of pay? _______________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 7 William is paid $210.60 for working 812 hours. What will he be paid for working 5 hours
at the same rate of pay? _____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 8 Anna works 5 hours on Monday, 6 hours on Tuesday, 7 hours on Wednesday, 8 hours on
Thursday and 9 hours on Friday. If she is paid $23.80 per hour, what is her weekly wage? ________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 9 Emily earns $1560 a fortnight, working 30 hours a week. Find her hourly rate of pay.
_________________________________________________________________________________
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Topic  3:  Overtime   UNIT 3: Overtime

QUESTION 1 Roger is paid a basic rate of $28.30 per hour. Calculate his hourly overtime rate of pay
when this is paid at
a time-and-a-half b double time
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

QUESTION 2 Susan’s normal pay rate is $21.90 per hour. What will she earn for working
a 7 hours at time-and-a-half? b 6 hours at double time?
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

QUESTION 3
a Peta receives a gross pay of $1250 for a 40 hour week. Calculate Peta’s hourly rate of pay.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

b In one busy week, Peta works overtime of 1112 hours at time-and-a-half. Find her gross pay for
that week. ____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 Tom is an electrician and gets paid $1600 for a 40-hour week. In one week he works
18 hours overtime, of which 12 hours are at time-and-a-half and 6 hours at double time. What are his
earnings that week? ________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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QUESTION 5 Samantha worked for an hour at time-and-a-half and was paid $36.90.

a What is her normal hourly rate of pay? _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

b How much would she earn in an hour of double time? ________________________________

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Topic  4:  Commission   UNIT 4: Commission

QUESTION 1 Merilee receives a commission of 8% on sales. How much commission will she receive in
a week in which her sales total $18 000? _____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Chris is a car sales representative and is paid a retainer (basic wage) of $400 per week and
a commission of 4% on sales made. Find his weekly income in a week in which he sells a car to the
value of
a $68 000 b $110 000

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

QUESTION 3 Paige is a sales person and earns $320 a week plus 4·5% commission on sales. Her
weekly sales total is $80 000. Find
a her commission b her total earnings for the week

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

QUESTION 4 Ty is a real estate agent and receives 2·5% commission on the first $200 000, 1·5% on the
next $100 000, 1·25% on the next $100 000 and 1% on the value thereafter. Find his commission for
selling a property worth $825 000. _____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 5 Jenny sells cosmetics and is paid 15·25% on all sales.

a What is her income if she sells $2560 worth of cosmetics in a week? _____________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

b How much would she need to sell (to the nearest dollar) to have an income of $750? ________

_____________________________________________________________________________

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UNIT 5: Piecework and casual work
Topic  5:  Piecework  and  casual  work  

QUESTION 1 John works on a casual basis, earning $18.60 an hour on week days and $25.80 an hour
on weekends. How much does he earn in a week where he works 35 hours during the week and
8 hours on a weekend? ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Joanne is paid a piecework rate for sewing buttons onto shirts. The rate is $1.85 for each
shirt. How much does she earn for buttoning 300 shirts in a day? ____________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 3 Dominic is a fruit-picker and is paid $2.30 for every full bag of fruit he picks. How much
will he earn in a day when he picks 83 bags of fruit? ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 Sebastian works as a packer on a fruit plantation and is paid $2.00 per box with a bonus
of 90 cents for each box packed in excess of 100 boxes per day. Find his income per day in which he
packs 135 boxes. ___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 5 Damien works in a factory on a basic wage of $250 a week. In addition to this, he is paid
a bonus of 50 cents per article for every article in excess of the weekly quota of 2000. How much will
he earn in a week in which 4300 articles are made? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 6 James makes leather belts and is paid $2.55 per belt. How much does he earn for making
230 belts? ________________________________________________________________________
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6: Allowances and holiday loading
Topic  6:  Allowances  and  holiday  loading  

QUESTION 1 Anita earns $72 560 per annum. Her pension fund contributions amount to 9% of her
annual salary. How much are the pension fund payments per annum? ________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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QUESTION 2 Calculate Mary’s holiday loading, given that she is paid 1712% on 4 weeks pay and she
earns $1890.95 per fortnight. _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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QUESTION 3 May received a 1712% holiday loading of $852.80 on 4 weeks’ wages. What is her weekly
wage? ___________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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QUESTION 4 Jeremy receives an annual salary of $72 580 from the Department of Education. He
receives 1712% holiday loading on the four weeks’ holiday pay period. Calculate the following.
a his normal pay for 4 weeks b his holiday loading

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________
c his holiday pay for 4 weeks d If he saves 35% of his total holiday pay
_______________________________ for 4 weeks, how much are his savings?

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

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Topic  7:  Deductions   UNIT 7: Deductions

QUESTION 1 John works as a teacher and his yearly salary is $66 900. His fortnightly deductions
include income tax $870, medicare levy $52 and his union fees $8.90. Calculate his fortnightly
take-home pay (net pay). ____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Angela received a gross wage of $1230.60 per week. The payments deducted from her
weekly wage are tax, 33% of gross weekly wage; health insurance, $35.40 per week; superannuation,
31 units at $2.75 per unit. Calculate her net pay for the week. _______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 3 Melissa earns $2090.40 gross per fortnight. Her pay deductions are $435.20 for tax, $175
for superannuation, $7.20 for union fees and $40.10 for health insurance. Find Melissa’s net pay for
the fortnight. ______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 Marcus’ gross annual salary is $63 870. (use 1 year = 52 weeks)
a What is his fortnightly income? ___________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

b If his deductions are $720.35 in income tax, $20.45 in union fees and $148.30 in superannuation
contributions, find his net pay per fortnight. _________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
c What percentage of Marcus’ gross pay is deducted? ___________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 5 Nancy’s gross annual income is $53 430. She paid a total of $8365 in deductions,
including income tax. Calculate her net weekly pay. (use 1 year = 52 weeks) ___________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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UNIT 8: Income tax
Topic  8:  Income  tax  

QUESTION 1 Tax rates for 2004–2005 fi nanci al year

Taxabl e i ncome Tax on thi s i ncome
$0–6000 Nil
$6001–$21 600 17c for each $1 over $6000
$21 601–$58 000 $2652 plus 30c for each $1 over $21 600
$58 001–$70 000 $13 572 plus 42c for each $1 over $58 000
$70 001 and over $18 612 plus 47c for each $1 over $70 000

John’s gross income is $78 670. His total deductions are $4630.
a Find his taxable income. b Calculate the amount of tax due.

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

c If he pays $485 per week in tax, how much refund should he receive for the year?
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Use the table given above to work out the following.
a Jo’s taxable income was $48 000.
i What tax was payable on her income of $48 000? _________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
ii What percentage of taxable income was paid in tax? Answer correct to 2 decimal places.
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
iii How much did Jo take home each week after tax had been deducted? (1 year = 52 weeks)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
b Georgie has a taxable income of $31 650.
i Find the tax payable. ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
ii Isabel’s taxable income is $4782 more than that of Georgie. Find how much more tax Isabel
pays than Georgie. __________________________________________________________
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UNIT 9: Budgeting
Topic  9:  Budgeting  

QUESTION 1 Steve works with the department of Education and his take-home pay is $1865.60 per
fortnight. His expenses are shown in the table.
Item Fortnightly amount
a What is Steve’s annual take-home pay?
____________________________________ Rent $300

____________________________________ Food $160

____________________________________ Telephone $30

b What are his savings per fortnight? Clothing $120

____________________________________ Car $110
____________________________________
Entertainment $90
c How much can he save towards his holidays
Other Expenses $140
each year?
Savings $_____________
____________________________________
____________________________________ Total $1865.60

QUESTION 2 Theo earns $600 per month from a part-time job, receives $120 for helping his parents,
and $150 for helping an organisation. Every month his expenses are $100 for food, $40 for
repayments on a loan, and $80 on school needs. He wants to save $200 per month. Whatever is left
he divides equally between clothes, entertainment and car expenses.

Income ($) Fi xed Vari abl e

a Make up a monthly budget expenses ($) expenses ($)
for Theo.

b What percentage of his total

income does he save? _______

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

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7RSLF3UR¿WDQGORVV UNIT 10: Profit and loss

QUESTION 1 James bought some shares for $2540 and sold them for $3200. Find:
a his profit on the sale _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
b his profit as a percentage of the cost price ____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
c his profit as a percentage of the selling price __________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2 Nancy bought a car for $20 600 and sold it to David at a loss of 40% after it was involved
in an accident. David repaired it and then sold it, making a profit of 50% on his purchase price.
a How much did David pay for the car? _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
b For how much did David sell the car? _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 3 A book is sold for $56.80 including 10% GST.

a How much GST is charged? ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
b What is the selling price of the book without GST? ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 A bicycle is on sale for $450. This is 75% of the regular price. What is the regular price?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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TOPIC
TOPIC TEST
TEST PART
PART AA
Topic Test PART A
Consumer Arithmetic
Time  allowed:  15  minutes   Total  marks  =  15
Time
Time allowed:
allowed: 15
15 minutes
minutes Total
Total marks
marks == 15
15
Marks
11 Anna
Anna receives
receives aa commission
commission of of 8·5%
8·5% on
on all
all her
her sales.
sales. How
How much
much commission
commission does
does she
she earn
earn in
in aa
week
week in
in which
which her
her sales
sales total
total $3600?
$3600?
!
!A
A $423.53
$423.53 !
!BB $306
$306 CC $3294
$3294
!
! DD $3006
$3006 !
! 11
22 Rhonda
Rhonda has
has aa salary
salary of
of $66
$66573
573 p.a.
p.a. Her
Her fortnightly
fortnightly pay
pay isis
!
!A
A $1386.94
$1386.94 BB $1280.25
!
! $1280.25 C
C $2560.50
$2560.50
!
! D
D
!
! $1276.74
$1276.74 11
33 Mitchel
Mitchel receives
receives $756
$756 for
for aa 40-hour
40-hour week.
week. What
What isis he
he paid
paid for
for each
each hour
hour worked?
worked?
!
!A
A $28.35
$28.35 !
!BB $23.63
$23.63 CC $37.80
$37.80
!
! D
D $18.90
$18.90 !
! 11
44 Melissa’s
Melissa’s hourly
hourly rate
rate of
of pay
pay isis $15.20
$15.20 for
for the
the first
first 36
36 hours
hours and
and time-and-a-half
time-and-a-half for
for every
every extra
extra
hour.
hour. How
How much
much isis she
she paid
paid for
for 45
45 hours?
hours?
!
!A
A $684$684 BB $752.40
!
! $752.40 CC $820.80
!
! $820.80 DD $1026
$1026
!
! 11
55 Alex
Alex isis paid
paid $25.20
$25.20 per
per hour
hour and
and works
works 38
38 hours
hours per
per week.
week. Find
Find his
his holiday
holiday pay
pay for
for 44 weeks
weeks
11
including aa 17
including 1722%
% holiday
holiday loading
loading??
!
! A
A $3830.40
$3830.40 !
! BB $4500.72
$4500.72 C
C $670.32
$670.32
!
! DD None
None ofof these
!
!these 11
66 IfIf 9%
9% of
of an
an amount
amount isis $1800,
$1800, then
then the
the amount
amount isis
!
! A
A $200
$200 !
!BB $2000
$2000 C
C
!
! $20
$20000
000 D
D
!
! $200
$200000
000 11
77 A
Adealer
dealer sells
sells an
an article
article for
for $250
$250 and
and makes
makes aa profit
profit of
of $50.
$50. His
His percentage
percentage profit
profit on
on the
the cost
cost
price
price is?
is?
!
!A
A 15% 15% !
! BB 20%
20% C
C 25%
!
!25% D
D 30%30% !
! 11
88 A
A$1850
$1850 mobile
mobile phone
phone isis discounted
discounted by
by 15%.
15%. The
The new
new price
price for
for the
the mobile
mobile phone
phone isis
!
!A
A $277.50
$277.50 BB $2127.50
!
! $2127.50 C
C $1572.50
$1572.50!
! DD $2446.63
$2446.63 !
! 11
99 An
An agent
agent gets
gets aa commission
commission of
of 12%.
12%. IfIf the
the sales
sales are
are $9600,
$9600, how
how much
much isis the
the commission?
commission?
!
!A
A $1152
$1152 BB $8448
!
! $8448 CC $10
$10752
!
! 752 DD None
None of
of these
!
!these 11
10 AAshopkeeper
10 shopkeeper buys
buys aa TV
TV for
for $1500
$1500 and
and sells
sells itit for
for $2000.
$2000. His
His profit
profit as
as aa percentage
percentage of
of the
the cost
cost
price
price isis
A
A 50% 50% BB 150%
150% C
C 331313%
33 % D
D 662323%
66 % 11
!
! !
! !
! !
!
11 Michael
11 Michael was
was paid
paid $561.60
$561.60 for
for 18
18 hours
hours of
of work.
work. What
What was
was his
his hourly
hourly rate
rate of
of pay?
pay?
A
A
!
! $29.20
$29.20 BB
!
! $30.20
$30.20 C
C
!
! $31.20
$31.20 D
D
!
! $32.20
$32.20 11
12 The
12 The tax
tax on
on aa salary
salary of
of $58
$58485,
485, paid
paid at
at $11
$11772
772 plus
plus 42
42 cents
cents for
for each
each $1
$1 over
over $52
$52000
000 is:
is:
A
A
!
! $2723.70
$2723.70 BB
!
! $14
$14495.70
495.70 C
C
!
! $24
$24563.70
563.70 D
D
!
! None
None of
of these
these 11
13 David
13 David paid
paid $180
$180 for
for aa jumper
jumper after
after aa discount
discount of
of 40%.
40%. How
How much
much did
did he
he save?
save?
A
A
!
! $72
$72 BB
!
! $108
$108 C
C
!
! $252
$252 D
D
!
! $120
$120 11
14 AAshirt
14 shirt with
with aa mark-up
mark-up of
of 25%
25% isis sold
sold for
for $120.
$120. How
How much
much profit
profit isis made,
made, to
to the
the nearest
nearest dollar?
dollar?
A
A
!
! $24
$24 BB
!
! $29
$29 C
C
!
! $31
$31 D
D
!
! $33
$33 11
15 Mark
15 Mark receives
receives aa retainer
retainer of
of $300
$300 per
per week
week and
and 15%
15% commission
commission on
on all
all sales.
sales. How
How much
much does
does he
he
earn
earn in
in aa week
week in
in which
which he
he sells
sells $10
$10000
000 worth
worth of
of goods?
goods?
!
!A
A $1500$1500 !
!BB $1800
$1800 CC $1200
$1200
!
! D
D
!
! $545
$545 11

Total
Totalachieved
Total marks marks
marks for
for
for PART
PART A
PART A
A
15
15
15

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Time allowed: 15 minutes Total marks = 15
Marks
Question
Question 1
1
aa Find
Find David’s
David’s weekly
weekly wage
wage ifif he
he works
works forfor 40
40 hours
hours at
at the
the
rate of $25.60 per hour.
rate of $25.60 per hour. ___________________________
___________________________ 1
1
b
b The
The annual
annual salary
salary of
of aa person
person isis $70
$70 650.
650. Find
Find his
his weekly
weekly
income.
income. ___________________________
___________________________ 1
1
cc An
An article
article was
was marked
marked $225
$225 and
and was
was sold
sold for
for $150.
$150.
What
What waswas the
the percentage
percentage discount?
discount? ___________________________
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d
d An
An article
article costing
costing $120
$120 isis sold
sold at
at aa loss
loss of
of 25%
25% ofof the
the cost
cost
price. Find the selling price.
price. Find the selling price. ___________________________
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ee A
A landlord
landlord charges
charges anan annual
annual rent
rent ofof $15
$15 381.60.
381.60.
Find
Find the
the monthly
monthly rent.
rent. ___________________________
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Question
Question 2
2
aa John
John bought
bought aa house
house for
for $350
$350 000
000 and
and spent
spent aa further
further $90
$90 000
000
on
on renovations.
renovations. He
He then
then sold
sold it,
it, making
making aa profit
profit of
of 30%.
30%.
ii How
How much
much profit
profit did
did he
he make?
make? ___________________________
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ii
ii What
What was
was the
the selling
selling price
price of
of the
the house?
house? ___________________________
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b
b Cameron
Cameron earns
earns $18.70
$18.70 an
an hour
hour for
for aa 37
37212-hour
-hour week,
week, while
while
Cathy earns $15.40 an hour for a 40-hour week.
Cathy earns $15.40 an hour for a 40-hour week.
ii How
How much
much does
does Cameron
Cameron earn
earn inin aa week?
week? ___________________________
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ii
ii How
How much
much does
does Cathy
Cathy earn
earn in
in aa week?
week? ___________________________
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iii
iii Who
Who earns
earns more,
more, and
and by
by how
how much?
much? ___________________________
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Question
Question 3
3
aa Nathan
Nathan receives
receives aa salary
salary of
of $66
$66 900
900 per
per annum.
annum.
ii Calculate
Calculate the amount he will receive each
the amount he will receive each fortnight.
fortnight. ___________________________
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ii
ii He pays 5% of his gross salary in superannuation.
He pays 5% of his gross salary in superannuation.
Calculate
Calculate his
his fortnightly
fortnightly superannuation
superannuation contribution.
contribution. ___________________________
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b
b Jaani
Jaani is
is paid
paid aa wage
wage of of $32.85
$32.85 per
per hour.
hour.
ii If
If Jaani works a normal 38-hour week,
Jaani works a normal 38-hour week, calculate
calculate his
his
weekly wage.
weekly wage. ___________________________
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ii
ii What
What will
will Jaani’s
Jaani’s wage
wage bebe in
in aa week
week when,
when, in
in addition
addition
to his normal hours, he works 5 hours at time-and-a-half
to his normal hours, he works 5 hours at time-and-a-half
and
and 33 hours
hours at at double
double time?
time? ___________________________
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iii
iii Calculate
Calculate thethe total
total amount
amount Jaani
Jaani will
will receive
receive for
for his
his
44 weeks’ annual leave if he is paid an annual
weeks’ annual leave if he is paid an annual leave leave
1
loading
loading of 17212%
of 17 % on
on 44 weeks’
weeks’ normal
normal wages.
wages. ___________________________
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PARTBB
Total
Total marks marks for
achieved forPART B 15
15
Chapter
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