Remember: A salary stays the same. Hourly pay follows the hours you work. Know which kind you have, then plan to match.
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Tess and SamAfter Jobs Day, Tess and Sam sat on a bench with Mina. Both of them worked hard, but they were paid in different ways. Tess taught at the school and got a salary, the same amount every month: eighty coins, whatever the month brought. Sam built sheds and was paid by the hour, four coins for each hour. More hours means more coins, and fewer hours means fewer coins. Month one was long and busy, and Sam worked twenty-five hours. Twenty-five hours at four coins came to a hundred, while Tess still got eighty. Month two was short, with rain and a holiday, and this time Sam worked only fifteen hours. Fifteen hours at four coins came to sixty. Tess still got eighty. Her pay did not change, but Sam's did, because his hours did. One trick helped Sam. In the busy month he set twenty coins aside, then in the quiet month he added them back. Neither way of being paid is better, and different jobs use different ways. What matters is knowing which kind you have, and planning to match.
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Tess is paid a salary. What does that mean?
She is paid for each hourShe is paid the same amount every monthShe is paid for each shed
2
Sam is paid 4 coins an hour. In month one he works 25 hours and is paid coins.
3
In month two, Sam works 15 hours. He is paid coins.
4
Look at the graph. In month two, who is paid more?
SamThey are paid the sameTess
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Sam's pay goes up and down because his rate changes.
TrueFalse
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Over two months Tess is paid 80 + 80 = coins.
Order, match and fix
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Join each to how they are paid.
1Tess
2Sam
3A long, busy month
4A short, rainy month
Ahourly pay: 4 coins an hour
Bfewer coins for Sam
Ca salary: 80 coins every month
Dmore coins for Sam
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Circle every true sentence.
A salary is the same each monthHourly pay follows the hours workedHourly pay is always bigger than a salaryNeither way of being paid is better
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In the busy month Sam sets 20 coins aside: 100 − 20 = coins to spend that month.
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Put Sam's trick in order.
He adds the 20 back and has 80
He sets 20 coins aside
Month two is quiet: Sam is paid 60
Month one is busy: Sam is paid 100
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Sam says: 15 hours at 4 coins an hour is 15 + 4 = 19 coins. Fix the mistake. What is the right sum?
15 × 4 = 6015 − 4 = 1119 is right
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After his trick, Sam has 80 coins to spend in both months, the same as Tess.
TrueFalse
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Stretch: if Sam works 20 hours at 4 coins an hour, he is paid coins, the same as Tess's salary.
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Which pay would be easier to plan with, a salary or hourly pay? Write two lines to say why.
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Answer key · Set A
Salary or hourly pay?
1She is paid the same amount every month A salary is the same amount each month, whatever the month brings.
2100 25 hours times 4 coins is 100 coins.
360 15 hours times 4 coins is 60 coins.
4Tess Tess still gets 80 coins, and Sam gets only 60.
5False His rate is 4 coins an hour in both months. It is his hours that change.
6160 80 + 80 = 160. Sam is paid 100 + 60 = 160 too: the same total, in a different shape.
71-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B Tess's salary stays at 80. Sam's pay follows his hours, so a busy month pays more and a rainy one pays less.
8A salary is the same each month, Hourly pay follows the hours worked, Neither way of being paid is better A salary stays the same, hourly pay follows the hours, and neither is better. Hourly pay is not always bigger: in month two Sam was paid less.
980 100 take away 20 is 80.
104, 2, 3, 1 Busy month first, with 20 set aside, then the quiet month, with the 20 added back.
1115 × 4 = 60 Each hour pays 4 coins, so multiply: 15 hours times 4 coins is 60.
12True 100 − 20 = 80 in the busy month, and 60 + 20 = 80 in the quiet one.
1380 20 times 4 is 80, exactly Tess's salary.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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