Question

Madeline works as a part time job at Parkland Hospital for $20 an hour. She worked for 20 hours last week and must pay 10% in taxes. What is Madeline’s take home pay?

Answer 1

$360.

Explanation:

We know that Madeline works at a role of $20 per hour and worked 20 hours last week.

So we can predict that:

20 x 20 = Her pay.

20 x 20 = $400

Now including taxes, we deduct 10% of her pay, which is 0.1 x 400.

$400 x 0.1 = How much to deduct.

10% of $400 = $40

400 - 40 = Her take home pay.

$360 is her take home pay.