Wage Calculations Sheet 1

Wage Calculations Sheet 1

Wage Calculations

CLB Level: CLB4/PH3
Essential Skills Focus:
Continuous Learning (find out how to calculate weekly and hourly wages), Numeracy (perform multiplications and divisions)
Task:
Find/copy yearly wages, perform calculations and copy results in a table
Purpose:
Students will

use the internet to find wages of different jobs
copy, calculate weekly and hourly wages
transfer results onto sheet in appropriate boxes
discuss/compare results

Materials:
Computers, Internet connection, LCD projector (if avail.), calculators, teacher-made worksheets (2 sheets attached)
Learning Style:
Visual, kinaesthetic, oral & interpersonal
Time:60 minutes / Method:

Prior knowledge of using a computer and performing calculations mentally, on paper or on a calculator is necessary. Prompt questions about the number of weeks in a year (52 wks.) and the number of working hours in a week (40 hrs. to keep it simple). Talk about the way wages are calculated in other countries. Discuss how using the Internet is another method of finding wages & salaries.
Demonstrate instructions step-by step using the LCD projector (if available).
Hand out Sheet 1Sheet 2 to students
Go over the instructions onSheet 1and do the “Baker” practice calculations with the students on the board
On Sheet 2 have students record the amount calculated.
Have students perform the same steps for four other jobs and have them record their results on their worksheet.
After completion of task discuss their answers and compare weekly and hourly wages among themselves for the jobs found.

Follow Up:
In groups of 3 or 4, have students talk about places where they would find information of hourly wages and ask them to come up with a table and do a reverse calculation for monthly and yearly earnings. To help the lower level students, a list of familiar jobs and hourly wages could be given and ask them to match them and do the calculations for yearly wages.
Debrief/Transfer
Discuss the real life application/importance of where they might need to do hourly, weekly, monthly or yearly calculations.

Wage Calculations; Sheet 1Page 1/4

Eva M. Galambos

Wage Calculations Sheet 2

Instructions:

Open Internet Explorer

In the search box type: Manitoba Job Futures and press Enter

Click on the title Manitoba Job Futures with the following green website: mb.jobfutures.org/home.cfm?site=graphic&lang=en

From the middle column, click on the brown title: Occupational Lists. A List of Occupations (by Title)in alphabetical order with their NOC number will come up

Find a job that interests you. Click on the brown numbers beside the job title (Example: Bakers(6252) – click on the brown numbers). Scroll down the web page towards the middle and look at the Earnings category

Copy onto your table the title of the job, the NOC number and all three earnings (starting, average and high)

For all three earnings(starting, average and high) calculate the weekly and the hourly wage (the weekly wage is calculated based on 52 weeks/year and the hourly wage is calculated based on a 40 hr. work week)

Copy the results in the right categories on your next sheet

Go back to the Occupational Lists and select four other jobs. Calculate the earnings and copy the results onto your table.

Example: Title: Baker / NOC(6252)
Earnings: / starting / average / high
$$$/year / $19,900 / $25,400 / $37,400
$$$/week / $382.69 / $488.46 / $719.23
$$$/hour / $9.56 / $12.21 / $17.98
Title: / NOC
Earnings: / starting / average / high
$$$/year / $ / $ / $
$$$/week / $ / $ / $
$$$/hour / $ / $ / $
Title: / NOC
Earnings: / starting / average / high
$$$/year / $ / $ / $
$$$/week / $ / $ / $
$$$/hour / $ / $ / $
Title: / NOC
Earnings: / starting / average / high
$$$/year / $ / $ / $
$$$/week / $ / $ / $
$$$/hour / $ / $ / $
Title: / NOC
Earnings: / starting / average / high
$$$/year / $ / $ / $
$$$/week / $ / $ / $
$$$/hour / $ / $ / $

WinnipegSchool Division Adult EAL Program Essential Skill Focus: Continuous Learning/Numeracy

Author: Eva M. Galambos CLB Level: CLB4/PH3