Lesson 1: Income - Calculating Commission Practice

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Complete the following questions


  1. Don is a top-selling vehicle salesman. He is paid 7.2% commission on all sales. His sales for last month were $163 743.24. How much will Don be paid?

    Hint:
    Don needs to be paid 7.2% of $163 743.24.

  2. Melissa works at a clothing store. She is paid $10.00/hour and she receives 4% commission on weekly sales over $1 000.00. Melissa worked 40 hours last week and sold $3 275.50 worth of clothing. What was her gross pay?

    Hint:
    Step 1: Calculate the commission
    commission = sales × commission rate

    Step 2: Calculate the base pay

    Step 3: Calculate the total pay


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