Question

Kai had a gross weekly paycheck of $616 last week. Kai worked 6 hours for 4 of the days and 8 hours on 1 day. What is Kai's hourly rate of pay?
a.
$16.21
b.
$19.25
c.
$20.53
d.
$25.67

Answer 1

C) $20.53

Given:

Gross weekly pay-cheque value of Kai = $$616$

Also, given that, Kai worked 6 hours for 4 days and 8 hours on one day.

To find:

Kai's hourly rate of pay.

Formula to be used:

Let the total number of hours worked by Kai be "$n$".

• Firstly, according to the given data, total number of hours worked is to be calculated using the formula:

=$(h_1*d_1)+(h_2*d_2)$

Here,

$h_1=6hours\\d_1=4days\\h_2=8hours\\d_2=1days$

• Later, the hourly rate of pay is to be calculated using the gross pay and the total number of hours.

The hourly rate of pay = $GrossWeeklyPay/Total Number of Hours$

Solution:

Using the formula and the given data,

Total number of hours worked ($n$) = $(6*4)+(8*1)$

⇒$n=24+8$

⇒$n=30$

Now,

From the given data and the formula,

Hourly rate of pay =$ $616/30$

⇒Hourly rate of pay =$ $20.53$

Final Answer:

Kai's hourly rate of pay = $$20.53$.