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Bouncing
14-04-2009, 01:03 PM
Well yeah im doing gcse foundation and im stuck on this question can anybody help me please.

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kk.
14-04-2009, 01:09 PM
saturday is £9 an hour, sunday 10.5 pound an hour then just multiply by the hour worked

iAdam
14-04-2009, 01:12 PM
Right so for an hour on saturday he is paid 9 pounds, he works for 7 hours which mean's it's 9*7= 63 pounds

On sunday's he is paid 10.50 pounds for an hour, 6 hours, 6*10.50= 63 pounds.

63+63=126

Hope i helped.

Bouncing
14-04-2009, 01:23 PM
iadam you've almost helped me, I understand the saturday = 9 pounds then 9*7, but i cant figure out how on sunday he got payed 10.50 :S

Nixt
14-04-2009, 01:31 PM
iadam you've almost helped me, I understand the saturday = 9 pounds then 9*7, but i cant figure out how on sunday he got payed 10.50 :S

Simply put, if his basic rate of pay is £6.00 an hour on a Sunday he earns that £6.00 plus 3/4 (three quarters / 75%) of his normal £6.00. So, 1/4 (one quarter / 25%) of £6.00 is £1.50. You must multiply this £1.50 by three to get your 3/4 (three quarters) which makes it £4.50 and you add that £4.50 to his normal hourly rate.

£6.00 + £4.50 = £10.50 an hour.

DieselShaq
14-04-2009, 01:32 PM
"Time and three-quarters" means that he gets paid 6 GBP + three-quarters (75%) of the 6 GBP, so you multiply 6 by 1.75 to get his hourly payment for working on Sundays. 6*1.75 = 10.50 so his hourly payment on Sundays is 10.50 GBP =D

Bouncing
14-04-2009, 03:03 PM
your all so clever thanks :)

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