Wages
1. Michaela works in a bank. She is paid £19200 per annum.
How much does she earn each month?
2. Umair is paid an annual salary of £27200. He is paid monthly. Calculate his
monthly wage.
3. Nadia is a child psychologist. She earns £45000 per annum. Calculate how
much she is paid per month.
4. A joiner earns £38400 per annum. He is paid weekly. Calculate his weekly
wage.
5. A salesman is paid £650 per week. He is paid for 50 weeks a year.
Calculate his annual wage.
6. Sidra works in a call centre. She is paid £172.50 a week. Calculate her
annual wage, if she is paid for 52 weeks.
7. Michael works in a supermarket. He is paid £6.80 per hour.
How much will he earn if he works a 35 hour week?
8. Natasha is a hairdresser. She earns £7.20 per hour.
How much will she earn in a week where she works 42 hours?
9. Xiang is a university student. He makes extra money by tutoring
school pupils. He charges £15 per hour. How much will he earn
for 8 hours tutoring?
10. An electrician is paid £25.50 per hour. How much will he earn in
a week where he works 37 hours?
11. Daniel is a bricklayer. He is paid at a rate of £7.80 per hour.
If he works overtime he is paid at double time.
How much will Daniel be paid for working 6 hours overtime?
12. Nina works in a restaurant. She is paid £8.20 per hour.
If Nina works on a Sunday she is paid double time.
How much would she get paid for working 7 hours
one Sunday?
13. Stuart is a lion tamer. He gets paid £15.60 per hour.
If he works with tigers he is paid double time.
How much will he get paid for working 4 hours with
a group of tigers?
14. Sasha works in a 24 hour bakery. If Sasha works nightshift
she gets paid at time and a half. Her normal hourly rate is
£8.80. One week Sasha works 14 hours nightshift. How much
will she be paid for this?
15. Cynthia works in an industrial laundry. She is paid £7.20 per hour
but gets time and a half for any overtime she works.
One week she works 10 hours overtime. How much will she paid
for this?
16. Dan is a roofer. He is paid at a rate of £15.60 per hour but gets time
and a half for working at weekends.
One weekend Dan worked 6 hours on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday,
how much did he earn working that weekend?
17. Amanda is a mechanic. She gets paid £9.80 per hour and works a
35 hour week. She also gets paid double time if she works overtime
on Saturdays. How much would Amanda earn in total, in a week where
she works 6 hours overtime on Saturday?
18. John works a 40 hour week and is paid at a rate of £15.20 per hour.
He sometimes works overtime and is paid at a rate of time and a half.
One week John worked a total of 50 hours (i.e. 10 hours overtime).
How much did John earn that week?
19. Lai Ting is a computer operator and is paid £10.50 per hour. Her
normal working week is 35 hours and any overtime she works is paid
at double time.
One week Lai Ting works a total of 42 hours. Calculate her total wage
that week.
20. Harry is a telephone engineer. He works 36 hours per week and is paid
£18.20 per hour. If he works overtime he is paid at time and a third.
One week Harry worked a total of 45 hours. Calculate his total wage
that week.
21. Ruth is paid £16.50 per hour. Her normal working week is Monday to
Friday, 9am to 1 pm. If she works overtime she is paid at time and a half.
The table below shows her working hours one week.
Day / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayHours / 9am to 2pm / 9am to 1pm / 9am to 3pm / 9am to 1pm / 9am to 2pm
Calculate Ruth’s total wage that week.
22. Martin is a mechanic. He normally works from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
to Friday, but sometimes works overtime for which he is paid time and a half.
His hourly wage is £14.60.
One week Martin worked the following hours.
Day / Start / FinishMonday / 8 a.m. / 4 p.m.
Tuesday / 8 a.m. / 5 p.m.
Wednesday / 7 a.m. / 5 p.m.
Thursday / 7 a.m. / 5.30 p.m.
Friday / 8 a.m. / 4.30 p.m.
Calculate Martin’s wage for this week.
23. Nikki works in a hairdresser’s. She is paid £10.50 per hour and her normal
working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The table below shows the number of hours she worked one week.
Day / Start / FinishMonday / 9.00 / 5.00
Tuesday / 9.00 / 6.00
Wednesday / 9.00 / 5.00
Thursday / 8.30 / 5.30
Friday / 8.30 / 6.00
When Nikki works overtime she is paid at double time.
Calculate Nikki’s total wage for the week above.
24. James works as a croupier in a casino.
He is paid a basic wage of £11.80 per hour and he normally
works for 30 hours per week.
If James works overtime he is paid double time.
One week James earned a total of £519.20. Calculate how many
hours overtime James worked that week.
25. Aaron works for a well-known supermarket chain.
He is paid a basic hourly rate of £6.80 per hour and he
usually works 25 hours per week.
If Aaron works overtime he is paid at a rate of time and a half.
One week Aaron earns £251.60. Calculate how many hours
overtime Aaron worked that week.
26. Jessica works as a groom at a riding stables.
She is paid a basic wage of £7.40 per hour and she normally
works for 24 hours per week.
If Jessica works overtime she is paid double time.
One week Jessica earned a total of £251.60. Calculate how many
hours overtime Jessica worked.