Question

Lin is paid $90 for 5 hours of work. She used the

following table to calculate how much she would
be paid at this rate for 8 hours of work.
amount earned
(5)
time worked
(hours)
5
90
1. What is the meaning of the 18 that
appears in the table?
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18
1
144
8
2. Why was the number used as a
multiplier?
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3. Explain how Lin used this table to solve
the problem
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4. At this rate, how much would
Lin be paid for 3 hours of work?
For 2.1 hours of work?

Answer 1

1.) 18 would be the amount she is getting paid per hour. You can solve this by diving $90 by the 5 hours she worked to find out how much she would make per hour.

2.) it is used as a multiplier because that is the same amount she gets paid regardless of how many hours she works so it is a constant number in this equation.

3.) The table she would multiply the amount of hours she worked by 18 and that would be her amount earned.

4.) for 3 hours she would get $54. You solve this by multiplying 3 hours by $18 which she makes an hour. For 2.1 hours she would get $37.8 you would solve this by multiplying 2.1 hours by $18 which is the amount she makes per hour.