Question

shemillie earns $8 per hour at a yogurt store. she receives a 5% raise. What are her new hourly earingings?

Answer 1

Hey!


First we need to find out what is five percent of eight.

To do that let's start by turn five percent into a fraction of five over one hundred. Then we'll multiply that by eight over one. First multiply the numerators...

5 * 8 = 40

Now multiply the denominators...

100 * 1 = 100

So, now that everything is multiplied, we have our new fraction that is forty over one hundred. Now let's convert the fraction forty over one hundred into a decimal that is 0.40. Next, we'll convert 0.40 into the value of money...

0.40 = $0.40

Now, this means that the five percent raise will be forty cents. The last an final step is to add the raise to Shermillies current hourly pay.

$8.00 + $0.40 = $8.40

So, this means that Shermillies new hourly pay is $8.40.

Hope this helps!


— Lindsey Frazier ♥️

Answer 2

A 5% raise means that you have to find out what 5% of 8 is and then add that to 8:

5/100 * 8 = 40/100 = $0.40

8 + 0.40 = $8.40.