Hourly Wage and Overtime Pay
Instructions: Calculate the total weekly earnings for each worker. Remember:
- • Time-and-a-half = hourly rate × 1.5
- • Double time = hourly rate × 2
1. Sarah works at a café and earns $18.50 per hour.
She worked 35 standard hours this week.
Calculate her total weekly pay.
Total pay: $________________
2. James is paid $22.00 per hour at a warehouse.
He worked 40 standard hours plus 6 hours overtime at time-and-a-half.
Calculate:
a) Pay for standard hours: $________________
b) Overtime rate per hour: $________________
c) Pay for overtime hours: $________________
d) Total weekly pay: $________________
3. Maria earns $19.80 per hour as a retail assistant.
This week she worked 38 standard hours, 4 hours at time-and-a-half, and 3 hours at double time on Sunday.
Calculate:
a) Pay for standard hours: $________________
b) Pay for time-and-a-half hours: $________________
c) Pay for double time hours: $________________
d) Total weekly pay: $________________
4. Tom works as a security guard earning $25.40 per hour.
He worked 32 standard hours and 8 hours overtime at double time.
What is his total weekly pay?
Total pay: $________________
5. Lucy earns $21.50 per hour at a restaurant.
Last week she earned $989.50 in total. She worked 35 standard hours and the rest at time-and-a-half.
How many overtime hours did she work?
Overtime hours: ________________ hours
6. Challenge: Ben's hourly rate is $24.00. He worked 40 standard hours, 5 hours at time-and-a-half, and some hours at double time.
If his total weekly pay was $1,368.00, how many double time hours did he work?
Double time hours: ________________ hours