Using a calculator: Answers

  1. 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)

  2. 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)



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