Business Mathematics: Payroll - Hourly Rate And Hours Worked

We can rewrite the formula for gross pay to solve for hours worked or hourly rate:

Example 
Marlene’s gross pay is $27 for 3 hours of work. What is her hourly rate?


Example 
Ivan’s gross pay is $24 and his hourly rate is $6. How many hours has he worked?


Solved Problems

3.5 John Notin received $308 gross pay for 28 hours worked. What is his hourly rate?
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3.6 If Thelma Drew worked 37½ hours and received $300 gross pay, what is her hourly rate?
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3.7 An employee received $452 gross pay and worked 40 hours. What is this employee’s hourly rate?
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3.8 If Fred Saltzman received $262.50 as his gross pay and worked 35 hours, what is his hourly rate?
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3.9 Given the gross pay and the hours worked, find the hourly rate for the following:

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3.10   Determine the total hours worked by Caren Don if her hourly rate is $8.80 and her gross pay is $88.
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3.11   If an employee received $300 gross pay at an hourly rate of $7.50, how many hours did he work?
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3.12  Patti Green works as a painter for Maplewood Painting Company. Her gross pay for last week was $205.20 and her hourly rate is $7.20. Calculate her total hours worked.
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3.13   Determine the total hours worked by an employee if the employee’s gross pay is $413.96 and hourly rate is $10.48.
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3.14   Determine the hours worked for each of the following part-time employees:

 

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