Sophia's semimonthly salary would be $2,250. In order to get Sophia's semimonthly pay, you need to divide her annual salary ($54,000) by 24. We divide it by 24 because there are 12 months in a year, and since you want to get her semimonthly income, you need to multiply the 12 months of the year into 2.
12x2=24
12 stand for the months of the year and because you want to get the semimonthly income, you need to multiply 12 by 2.
$54,000/24= $2250
$54,000 represents Sophia’s income and 24 indicates the semi months.