Question

In 1945, a person made $3.20 for working an 8-hour day. model a division problem to determine how much a person made per hour in 1945. what is the hourly wage?

Answer 1

$0.40 per hour

(This is 40cents per hour)

Explanation:

The "hourly wage" is a rate, a ratio, a comparing of two numbers. We are comparing dollars and hours. So we have information given in the problem about the $ and hours. Compare these two numbers and then simplify. Because we need the hours, on the bottom, to be 1 hour. "Per hour" means per ONE hour.

dollars/hours

= $3.20/ 8hours

Divide.

= $0.40/1 hour

This is the hourly wage, $0.40 (or 40cents) per hour.