Commission

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1.
A salesperson earns a 5% commission. Her sales this week are 2,000 dollars. How many dollars of commission does she earn?
1. a)1,000
2. b)10
3. c)100
4. d)400
2.
A real estate agent sells an apartment for 180,000 dollars. Her commission rate is 3%. How many dollars of commission does she earn?
3.
A job pays a base salary plus commission. Which calculation gives the total earnings?
1. a)base salary × rate × sales
2. b)sales - base salary
3. c)base salary + rate × sales
4. d)rate × (base salary + sales)
4.
A car salesperson earns 2% commission on every car. He sells a car for 24,000 dollars. How many dollars of commission does he earn?
5.
A shop assistant earns a base salary of 1,600 dollars a month plus 4% commission. Her sales this month are 15,000 dollars. What are her total earnings in dollars?
6.
A car salesperson sells 3 cars at 20,000 dollars each. His commission rate is 1.5%. How many dollars of commission does he earn?
7.
A salesperson earns a base salary of 1,400 dollars plus 6% of sales. Her sales are 9,000 dollars. What are her total earnings in dollars?
8.
A salesperson earned 360 dollars of commission on sales of 6,000 dollars. What is the commission rate?
1. a)3.6%
2. b)16.7%
3. c)6%
4. d)60%
9.
A car salesperson has a base salary of 1,500 dollars. This month he sold cars for 25,000 dollars and earned 2,250 dollars in total. What is his commission rate?
10.
An electronics salesperson earned 1,350 dollars of commission on sales of 45,000 dollars. What is the commission rate?
11.
A salesperson earns 1,000 dollars a month plus 8% commission. How many dollars must she sell to earn 1,800 dollars this month?
12.
A store pays 4% commission on the first 5,000 dollars of sales and 6% on sales above 5,000 dollars. An employee sells 8,000 dollars. How many dollars of commission does he earn?
1. a)480
2. b)320
3. c)200
4. d)380
13.
A real estate agent earns 2.5% commission. She sells a house for 240,000 dollars. How many dollars of commission does she earn?
14.
A company pays 5% commission on the first 10,000 dollars of sales and 8% on sales above 10,000 dollars. A salesperson sells 14,000 dollars. What is the commission in dollars?
15.
Job A pays 1,800 dollars a month plus 2% of sales. Job B pays 1,200 dollars a month plus 5% of sales. With monthly sales of 30,000 dollars, how many dollars more does the better job pay?
16.
Job A pays 1,800 dollars a month plus 2% of sales. Job B pays 1,200 dollars a month plus 5% of sales. At what monthly sales, in dollars, do both jobs pay the same?
17.
A real estate agent earns 3% commission. For what house price, in dollars, would she earn 9,000 dollars of commission?
1. a)270,000
2. b)3,000,000
3. c)300,000
4. d)30,000
18.
A company pays 5% commission on the first 10,000 dollars of sales and 8% on sales above 10,000 dollars. How many dollars must a salesperson sell to earn 1,100 dollars of commission?