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Overtime worksheet

Grades 5–6

Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.

1.
Problem 1.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Regular and overtime hours
- Regular hourly rate: $20
- Regular hours: 42 hours
- Overtime hours: 12 hours
- Overtime multiplier: 1.2 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 48 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
2.
Problem 2.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Total hours this week
- Regular hourly rate: $18
- Hours worked this week: 45 hours
- Overtime starts after: 45 hours a week
- Overtime multiplier: 1.8 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 42 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
3.
Problem 3.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Total hours this week
- Regular hourly rate: $20
- Hours worked this week: 50 hours
- Overtime starts after: 50 hours a week
- Overtime multiplier: 2.2 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 45 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
4.
Problem 4.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Regular and overtime hours
- Regular hourly rate: $22
- Regular hours: 48 hours
- Overtime hours: 8 hours
- Overtime multiplier: 1.6 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 52 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
5.
Problem 5.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Regular and overtime hours
- Regular hourly rate: $17
- Regular hours: 34 hours
- Overtime hours: 9 hours
- Overtime multiplier: 1.8 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 44 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
6.
Problem 6.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Regular and overtime hours
- Regular hourly rate: $23
- Regular hours: 45 hours
- Overtime hours: 7 hours
- Overtime multiplier: 1.6 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 42 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
7.
Problem 7.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Total hours this week
- Regular hourly rate: $24
- Hours worked this week: 40 hours
- Overtime starts after: 36 hours a week
- Overtime multiplier: 1.8 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 45 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
8.
Problem 8.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Regular and overtime hours
- Regular hourly rate: $16
- Regular hours: 30 hours
- Overtime hours: 10 hours
- Overtime multiplier: 1.5 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 40 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
9.
Problem 9.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Total hours this week
- Regular hourly rate: $22
- Hours worked this week: 51 hours
- Overtime starts after: 32 hours a week
- Overtime multiplier: 1.5 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 45 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer
10.
Problem 10.
- How do you want to enter hours?: Total hours this week
- Regular hourly rate: $18
- Hours worked this week: 46 hours
- Overtime starts after: 34 hours a week
- Overtime multiplier: 1.1 × regular rate
- Weeks a year at this schedule: 52 weeks
Find: Total gross pay this week
Answer

Answer key: Overtime worksheet

1. Total gross pay this week: $1,128.00
1. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $42 \times $20.00$ $= $840.00$
2. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.2, because overtime hours pay more
  $$20.00 \times 1.2$ $= $24.00$
3. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $12 \times $24.00$ $= $288.00$
4. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$840.00 + $288.00$ $= $1,128.00$
5. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,128.00}{54}$ $= $20.89$
6. Estimate yearly pay, if all 48 weeks look like this one
  $$1,128.00 \times 48$ $= $54,144.00$
2. Total gross pay this week: $810.00
1. No hours go past 45, so there's no overtime this week
  $45 - 45$ $= 0 overtime hours$
2. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $45 \times $18.00$ $= $810.00$
3. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.8, because overtime hours pay more
  $$18.00 \times 1.8$ $= $32.40$
4. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $0 \times $32.40$ $= $0.00$
5. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$810.00 + $0.00$ $= $810.00$
6. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$810.00}{45}$ $= $18.00$
7. Estimate yearly pay, if all 42 weeks look like this one
  $$810.00 \times 42$ $= $34,020.00$
3. Total gross pay this week: $1,000.00
1. No hours go past 50, so there's no overtime this week
  $50 - 50$ $= 0 overtime hours$
2. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $50 \times $20.00$ $= $1,000.00$
3. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 2.2, because overtime hours pay more
  $$20.00 \times 2.2$ $= $44.00$
4. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $0 \times $44.00$ $= $0.00$
5. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$1,000.00 + $0.00$ $= $1,000.00$
6. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,000.00}{50}$ $= $20.00$
7. Estimate yearly pay, if all 45 weeks look like this one
  $$1,000.00 \times 45$ $= $45,000.00$
4. Total gross pay this week: $1,337.60
1. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $48 \times $22.00$ $= $1,056.00$
2. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.6, because overtime hours pay more
  $$22.00 \times 1.6$ $= $35.20$
3. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $8 \times $35.20$ $= $281.60$
4. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$1,056.00 + $281.60$ $= $1,337.60$
5. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,337.60}{56}$ $= $23.89$
6. Estimate yearly pay, if all 52 weeks look like this one
  $$1,337.60 \times 52$ $= $69,555.20$
5. Total gross pay this week: $853.40
1. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $34 \times $17.00$ $= $578.00$
2. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.8, because overtime hours pay more
  $$17.00 \times 1.8$ $= $30.60$
3. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $9 \times $30.60$ $= $275.40$
4. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$578.00 + $275.40$ $= $853.40$
5. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$853.40}{43}$ $= $19.85$
6. Estimate yearly pay, if all 44 weeks look like this one
  $$853.40 \times 44$ $= $37,549.60$
6. Total gross pay this week: $1,292.60
1. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $45 \times $23.00$ $= $1,035.00$
2. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.6, because overtime hours pay more
  $$23.00 \times 1.6$ $= $36.80$
3. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $7 \times $36.80$ $= $257.60$
4. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$1,035.00 + $257.60$ $= $1,292.60$
5. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,292.60}{52}$ $= $24.86$
6. Estimate yearly pay, if all 42 weeks look like this one
  $$1,292.60 \times 42$ $= $54,289.20$
7. Total gross pay this week: $1,036.80
1. Find your overtime hours: every hour past 36 in the week counts as overtime
  $40 - 36$ $= 4 overtime hours$
2. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $36 \times $24.00$ $= $864.00$
3. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.8, because overtime hours pay more
  $$24.00 \times 1.8$ $= $43.20$
4. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $4 \times $43.20$ $= $172.80$
5. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$864.00 + $172.80$ $= $1,036.80$
6. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,036.80}{40}$ $= $25.92$
7. Estimate yearly pay, if all 45 weeks look like this one
  $$1,036.80 \times 45$ $= $46,656.00$
8. Total gross pay this week: $720.00
1. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $30 \times $16.00$ $= $480.00$
2. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.5, because overtime hours pay more
  $$16.00 \times 1.5$ $= $24.00$
3. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $10 \times $24.00$ $= $240.00$
4. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$480.00 + $240.00$ $= $720.00$
5. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$720.00}{40}$ $= $18.00$
6. Estimate yearly pay, if all 40 weeks look like this one
  $$720.00 \times 40$ $= $28,800.00$
9. Total gross pay this week: $1,331.00
1. Find your overtime hours: every hour past 32 in the week counts as overtime
  $51 - 32$ $= 19 overtime hours$
2. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $32 \times $22.00$ $= $704.00$
3. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.5, because overtime hours pay more
  $$22.00 \times 1.5$ $= $33.00$
4. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $19 \times $33.00$ $= $627.00$
5. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$704.00 + $627.00$ $= $1,331.00$
6. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$1,331.00}{51}$ $= $26.10$
7. Estimate yearly pay, if all 45 weeks look like this one
  $$1,331.00 \times 45$ $= $59,895.00$
10. Total gross pay this week: $849.60
1. Find your overtime hours: every hour past 34 in the week counts as overtime
  $46 - 34$ $= 12 overtime hours$
2. Find your regular pay: your regular hours times your hourly rate
  $34 \times $18.00$ $= $612.00$
3. Find your overtime rate: your hourly rate times 1.1, because overtime hours pay more
  $$18.00 \times 1.1$ $= $19.80$
4. Find your overtime pay: your overtime hours times the overtime rate
  $12 \times $19.80$ $= $237.60$
5. Add it all up to get your gross pay for the week (before taxes)
  $$612.00 + $237.60$ $= $849.60$
6. Divide by all your hours to see your average pay per hour
  $\frac{$849.60}{46}$ $= $18.47$
7. Estimate yearly pay, if all 52 weeks look like this one
  $$849.60 \times 52$ $= $44,179.20$