The big ideaA wage pays so many coins for each hour of work. More hours, more pay.
How it works
A wage pays so many coins for each hour of work.
Mrs Pell paid Omar 3 coins for every hour. Each hour adds the same 3 coins.
More hours means more pay: 1 hour is 3 coins, 2 hours is 6, 3 hours is 9, and 4 hours is 12.
Pay day is the day a helper gets paid. Hours worked, times the pay for each hour, makes the wage.
Coins for the hours worked at 3 coins an hour.Each hour adds 3 more coins.
Example 1: Two hours
Mrs Pell pays 3 coins an hour.
Omar works 2 hours.
3 + 3 = 6
He earns 6 coins.
Example 2: A whole week
Omar worked 2 hours on Monday: 6 coins.
He worked 3 hours on Wednesday: 9 coins.
6 + 9 = 15
On pay day he is paid 15 coins.
Example 3: What is left?
Omar buys Gran's present for 12 coins.
He was paid 15 coins.
15 − 12 = 3
He keeps 3 coins.
Example 4: Six hours
Six hours at 3 coins an hour.
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 18
So 6 hours earn 18 coins.
Words to know
wage
Pay for hours of work.
pay day
The day a helper gets paid.
hour
A length of time you work. Each one earns the same pay.
Watch out
A wage is pay for work. A gift or a prize is not a wage.
Two hours is 3 + 3, not 3 + 2.
More hours, or more pay an hour, means a bigger pay day.
Try it
Mrs Pell pays 3 coins an hour. How much for 4 hours?
What is pay for hours of work called?
Omar earned 6 coins and then 9 coins. How many altogether?
How many hours earn 12 coins at 3 coins an hour?
Answers: 1. 12 · 2. A wage · 3. 15 · 4. 4
Try at homeWith a grown-up, ask how they are paid for their work: by the hour, by the week, or another way.
For grown-upsAsk the grown-ups at home how they are paid: by the hour, by the week, or another way. Keep it about the idea that more hours mean more pay.
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