Question 1

A clothing salesperson receives a weekly base salary of $200.00 on a quota of $3 000. On the next $1 000, he receives a commission of 25%. On any additional sales, the commission rate is 40%. Find her gross earnings for a week in which her sales total $6 000.

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Question 2

Alicia Helm of Wawanesa, Manitoba, bought a ring for $5 700. Since the jeweler is shipping the ring, Alicia must pay a shipping charge of $30.00. She must also pay PST and GST on the ring. Find the total purchase price of Alicia's ring.

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Question 3

September is paid on a weekly commission basis. She is paid a base salary of $370.00 on a weekly quota of $9500.00 and a commission of 5.75% on any sales in excess of the quota.
a) If September's sales for last week were $11 340.00, what were her gross earnings?
b) What are September's average hourly earnings if she worked 35 hours?

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Question 4

A salesperson earned a commission of $926.59 for last week on gross sales of $7 880. If returns and allowances were 10.5% of gross sales, what is his rate of commission based on net sales?

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Question 5

A salesperson receives a weekly base salary of $800.00 on a quota of $2 900. On the next $2100, she receives a commission of 14%. On any additional sales, the commission rate is 19%. Find her gross earnings for a week in which her sales total $8455.

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Question 6

Spade Realty sold lots for $17 120 per hectare. What is the total sales value if the lot sizes, in hectares, were 5 3/4, 7 1/3, 5 5/8, and 4 1/6?

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Question 7

Norm Bates is paid a semi-monthly salary of $792.50. Regular hours are 37 1/2 per week and overtime is paid at time and one-half regular pay.
a) What is Norm's hourly rate of pay?
b) How many hours overtime did Norm work in a pay period for which his gross pay was $946.30?

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Question 8

A store located in Penticton, B.C., sells a computer for $2 975.00 plus HST. If the same model is sold at the same price in a store in Thunder Bay, Ontario, what is the difference in the prices paid by consumers in the two stores?

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Question 9

A computer store located in Oakville, Ont., sells a laptop for $1 000.00 plus HST. If the same model is sold at the same price in a store in Victoria, B.C.., what is the difference in the prices paid by consumers in the two stores?

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Question 10

Esther's flower shop had sales revenue of $152 000.00 for the year. If the shop's GST taxable expenses were 29 920.00. Calculate how much Colleen should remit to the government at the end of the year.

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Question 11

Rola's Dry Cleaning shows sales revenue (exclusive of GST) of $176 000 for the year. Rola's GST taxable expenses were (exclusive of GST) $17 960. How much should she remit to the government at the end of the year?

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Question 12

Heart of Gold Realty sold lots for $50 000 per hectare. What is the total sales value if the lot sizes, in hectares, were 1 3/4, 2 1/3, 3 5/8, and 4 1/6?

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Question 13

Yanping receives a monthly salary of $1 931.54 paid semi-monthly. The regular workweek is 38 hours.
a) Calculate the hourly rate of pay.
b) If the gross earnings for one pay period is 1 270.75, for how many hours of overtime was Yanping paid at double-time regular pay.

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Question 14

Nick's gross earnings for one week was $698.10. His regular rate of pay is $15.60 for a 35 hour week and overtime is paid at time and one-half regular pay. Calculate the number of hours that Nick worked.

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Question 15

Bill earned a gross commission of $2 551.05 during August. What were his gross sales if his rate of commission is 14.5% of net sales and sales returns and allowances for the month were 6% of his sales?

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Question 16

Extend each of the following and determine the total.
Quantity Unit Price
74 $1.35
90 16  70 $0.885
58 $1.35

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Question 17

Two people living in different communities build houses of the same design on lots of equal size. If the person in Airdrie has his house and lot assessed at $165 000 with a mill rate of 22.051 mills, will his taxes be more or less than the person in Kimberly with an assessment of $145 000 and a mill rate of 25.124 mills?

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Question 18

Levi earns $19.60 an hour with time and one-half for hours worked over 8 a day. His hours for a week are 9.25, 8.5, 10.5, 13.5, and 6.25. Determine his gross earnings for a week.

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Question 19

Mark's gross wages for a week were $711.20. His regular workweek is 40 hours and overtime is paid at time and one-half regular pay. What is Mark's regular hourly wage if he worked 45 1/2 hours?

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Question 20

Mohammad is paid a weekly commission of 2% on net sales of $6 000.00, 4% on the next $3 000.00 and 6.25% on all further sales. His gross sales for a week were 11 160.00 and sales returns and allowances were $120.00.
a) Calculate his gross earnings for the week.
b) Calculate the average hourly rate of pay for the week if he worked 40 hours.

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Quiz 1: Review of Arithmetic