COM - Getting Paid Lesson

Getting Paid

Introduction

There are many factors that go into how your employer pays you for your service. You can be paid hourly or with a yearly or piecework salary. You can earn bonuses and tips or receive overtime pay. You can collect a paycheck weekly, biweekly, monthly or semimonthly. There are so many different elements that play a part in how much you earn in each paycheck. Are you ready to start earning your first paycheck?

Calculating Income

In Your Notebook: Please take down important notes, such as formulas, and attempt the practice examples on your own before viewing the solutions!

If you found any of these problems challenging, here are two videos that will go over some of the answers. 

Reading a Time Card

A time card records your working hours for the week. It’s important that you know how to read a time card and whether the company you work for rounds up or down to the quarter hour. Watch the video and work along with the example.

In Your Notebook: Please copy the graphs and important information into your notebook. Work through the interactive activity and click on the check in the bottom corner to move forward.

Salary Graphs Activity

Calculating Income Activity

 

Comparisons Practice Activity

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