| Using
a calculator: Answers
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Maria
earns $8 234 a year as a part-time office cleaner. She has no deductions
so she has to pay 16% of her earnings as tax. How much must she
pay? (Remember, if you have two decimal digits [.16 = 16%], then
you need to have two decimal digits in the answer.) (16% of $8
234 = $1317.44)
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Jack
has been working in the tuck shop in his apartment building. He
works 38 hours a week and is paid $7.73 an hour. He worked 50 weeks
last year.
What
is his weekly salary? ($293.74.)
If
he worked 50 weeks, how much would he get? ($14 687)
Since
he can make no deductions, this will be Jack's taxable income. How much
tax does he have to pay? Find 16% of the money Jack has earned. (16%
of $14 687 = $ 2 349.92) |