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MATHEMATICS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

COMMISSION WORKSHEET

Question One

Eddie receives a monthly salary of $800 and 5% commission on his total sales for a month. If Eddie’s sales total is $31,000, calculate his total earnings for the month.

Question Two

Martin sells furniture and is paid 6% of his sales. His sales are in the chart below: Calculate Martin’s commission for this week.

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
$1,600 / $1,250 / $1,390 / $1,840 / $2,300

Question Three

Joyce sells cars. She earns 35% commission on the profit of each sale. One week she sells two cars. The profits on the cars are $800 and $1300. What are her earnings for the week?

Question Four

Mark sells magazine subscriptions by the telephone. He is paid $256 a week and receives a commission for each subscription he sells. In one week he sold the subscriptions as shown below:

Magazine / Price ($) / Number Sold / Rate of Commission (%) / Commission ($)
Canadian Living / 38.50 / 12 / 4
People / 46.50 / 15 / 7
Scientific American / 36.00 / 10 / 5
  1. Calculate the amount of commission Mark earns for each magazine subscription sold.
  2. Calculate Mark’s total weekly earnings.

Question Five

Benny sells houses. He earns 5% commission on the first $200,000 in sales he makes in a month, and 8% on sales over $200,000. Calculate Benny’s earning for the month, if he made $275,000 in sales.

Question Six

Brenda sells hairdressing supplies. She earns a weekly salary of $300, 6% commission on the first $1,000 in sales she makes each week, and 10% on sales over $1,000. Calculate her weekly earnings if Brenda makes $1,400 in sales.

Question Seven

Bryan works in a men’s clothing store. He earns a base salary of $350 per week. His commission is 5% on all sales. Calculate Bryan’s totally weekly income for the following sales amounts.

Weekly Sales / Commission Earnings / Base Salary / Total
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000

Question Eight

Moshen is interested in obtaining experience as a salesperson in an electronics store. There are two stores that are currently advertising for sales people:

BIG BOX ELECTRONICS requires salesperson for computer department. $12/hour, no commission.
Bring resume to North End location between 12 and 2. / Love to help customers?
ELECTRONICS DEPOT is looking for energetic people to work in computer sales. Drop by 1112 Monesto Drive with resume.

Moshen visits Big Box Electronics and is told that he can expect full-time work ranging from 35 to 45 hours per week.

Electronics Depot’s salespeople earn 4% commission on all sales. Their best sales people average $80,000 in sales per month.

  1. Calculate the range of gross pay per week that is possible at Big Box Electronics.
  1. 35 hours/week = $ ______
  1. 45 hours/week = $ ______
  1. Complete the following table of values showing commissions earned for different levels of monthly sales at Electronic Depot.

Monthly Sales / $0 / $20,000 / $40,000 / $60,000 / $80,000 / $90,000
Earnings
  1. What criteria should Moshen consider before accepting one of the jobs? Explain your thinking.