Question

For the third week of February, Betty Robinson worked 46 hours. Betty earns $17.50 an hour. Her employer pays overtime for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week and pays 1.5 times the hourly rate for overtime hours. Calculate for the third week of February (round your responses to the nearest cent if necessary):

1. Regular pay amount:

2. Overtime pay:

3. Gross pay:

Answer 1

1. 700

2. $157.50

3. $857.50

Explanation:

Regular pay is calculated by taking 40 hours x $17.50 to get $700.

Overtime is calculated by taking 6 hours x 17.50 x 1.50 to get $157.50

Gross pay would be adding these two amounts together.