AlgebraVery hardHours worked with overtime pay
Algebra practice question
A worker is paid 18 dollars per hour for the first 40 hours in a week and 27 dollars per hour for each hour beyond 40. In a week when she earned 936 dollars, how many hours did she work?
Answer: 48
The first 40 hours pay 720 dollars. The remaining 216 dollars at 27 per hour is 8 hours, so she worked 48 hours.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 8
- 8 is only the overtime hours.
- If you answered 52
- 52 divides 936 by 18.
- If you answered 34.7
- 34.7 divides 936 by 27.
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