Question

Aldo works for a moving company after school for 4 hours each day on Monday through Thursday afternoons. On Saturday, he works for 6 hours. At $7.50 per hour, with no overtime, how much does he earn each week?

Answer 1

4 hours x 4 days = 16 hours + 6 hours (Saturday) = 22 hours/week

Answer 2

number of hours x pay = earnings so 22 x 7.50 = $165

Answer 3

ooo Oakii THanks :)

Answer 4

No problem!

Answer 5

theres another one can u help me?

Answer 6

Peg works 2 1/2 hours each day on 4 days a week sewing covers. At $11.25 per hour, how much does she earn each week?

Answer 7

hours x wage ($ per hour) = earning.
so plug the values given in the question into the equation

Answer 8

how do u do the 2 1/2 thoee?

Answer 9

\[2\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\]= 2.5

Answer 10

but it doesnt give me an answer thoe?

Answer 11

to find how many hours Peg worked that week, take the 2.5 and multiply it by the 4 days she worked

Answer 12

thats 10 , riqht?

Answer 13

correct
now, take the number of hours she worked (10) and multiply it by the amount of money she makes an hour.

Answer 14

so it will be $112.50

Answer 15

Correct!

Answer 16

oo, :)

Answer 17

is this question the same as u just helped me w ?
Kyle works in the stock department of a discount toy store for 8 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays. One weekend he earned $76. How much did he earn per hour?

Answer 18

Almost, you're just working backwards, but it's the same concept.

Answer 19

what u mean workinq backwards?

Answer 20

division

Answer 21

earning / hours = wage

Answer 22

i got 9.50?

Answer 23

He works 8 hours 2 different days, so you would divide 76 by 16, not 8.

Answer 24

oo iic :)

Answer 25

good!

Answer 26

:)

Answer 27

what does units have to do w money?

this is my question.!

102 units at $8.72 each

Answer 28

units is referring to anything that you can buy. it's a variable, like x or y. it's could be a pack of socks, a mcdonalds meal, ect in real life.

Answer 29

so i divide those 2 numbers?

Answer 30

1 unit costs $8.72, two units cost $17.44, three units cost $26.16 and so on. division causes numbers to get smaller, and these numbers aren't getting smaller.

Answer 31

riqht so do ii keep on goinq till i get to 102??

Answer 32

multiplication would be much faster lol. 8.72 x 102

Answer 33

would ii do the same w tips?
$2.95 per hour; 30 hours; $295.25 tips

Answer 34

remember our formula: wage x hours = earnings.
because a waitress would not receive $295.25 in tips every hour, you have to add tips in separately.
with tips, our formula would be (wage x hours) + tips = earnings

Answer 35

so the answer would be 383.75?

Answer 36

correct!

Answer 37

oo okaii thanks :)

Answer 38

is this the same?
Hours: 20; Hourly rate: $3.25; Weekly tips: $115.75, $94.80, $73.15, $62.50

Answer 39

yep! add all of the tips together and then plug them into the formula

Answer 40

so ii multiply then add the tips riqht?

Answer 41

yep!

Answer 42

so ii did everythinq a ii got a huqee number ha

Answer 43

what did you put into your calculator?

Answer 44

i put 20 x 3.25=65
65+115.75=180.75+94.80=275.55+73.15+73290.55+62.50=73353.05

Answer 45

then i did it aqain and ii got 411.20

Answer 46

411.20 is correct. "73290.55" is a typo that threw your number waaay off haha

Answer 47

haha yeaa it did , but the problem is that its not on my answers i onlly have 138.15, 151.55, 148.00

Answer 48

ups forgot to tell u , its lookinq for the average weekly earninqs

Answer 49

ah! okay, do you know how to find the average of a set of numbers?

Answer 50

um i think, dont u add all them then divide by how many sets der is?

Answer 51

yup! so find the average of the tips and then add it to the $65 she makes per week.

Answer 52

how u get 65?

Answer 53

nvm i got it

Answer 54

look at this?

Answer 55

Unit rate: $0.76; Units per week: 502, 398, 433, 480

Answer 56

are you finding the average again?

Answer 57

yes

Answer 58

okay, average up the units/week and then multiply that number by the unit rate

Answer 59

so its 344.47

Answer 60

yep!

Answer 61

well thanks so much for all ur help, ii have to head to ma bed cuz im really tierd , but thanks once aqain for evertyhinqq :), nitee, & sweet dreams :) hope to talk to u tomorrow if ii need help :D

Answer 62

haha anytime! sleep well! c:

Answer 63

Youu Too, THanks :)