Remember: A wage pays so many coins for each hour of work. More hours, more pay.
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Read the story first, then answer. The wage is 3 coins for every hour.
Omar's pay dayOmar wanted to give Gran a birthday present. It cost twelve pretend coins, and Omar had none. Mrs Pell ran the garden shop, and she said, "Can you help me? I will pay you." She paid three coins for every hour of work. Pay for hours of work is called a wage. Omar watered plants, pulled weeds and pushed the wheelbarrow. Each hour added the same three coins. On Monday he worked two hours, which made six coins. On Wednesday he worked three hours, which made nine coins. On Friday, pay day, Mrs Pell added six and nine to make fifteen coins. Omar bought Gran's present for twelve coins and kept three. Hours worked, times the pay for each hour, makes the wage.
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Mrs Pell pays 3 coins an hour. Omar works 4 hours. He is paid coins.
2
Omar works 2 hours. How many coins is that?
9 coins5 coins6 coins
3
Omar earned 6 coins on Monday and 9 coins on Wednesday. 6 + 9 = coins.
4
Omar is paid 15 coins and buys a present for 12. 15 − 12 = coins kept.
5
A wage is pay for what?
🕐Hours of work🏆Winning a prize🔍Finding a coin
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The more hours Omar works, the more coins he is paid.
TrueFalse
Match, fix and stretch
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Join the hours to the coins they earn.
11 hour
23 hours
34 hours
46 hours
A9 coins
B12 coins
C3 coins
D18 coins
8
Omar works 5 hours. What is the total?
12 coins15 coins18 coins
9
A wage is pay for hours of .
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Number the week.
Omar buys Gran's present
Omar works in the garden
Pay day comes on Friday
Mrs Pell counts the hours in her book
11
Omar says: 3 hours is 6 coins, because 2 hours is 6 coins. Is he right?
YesNo
12
Omar works 1 hour and then 5 hours more. 6 hours at 3 coins an hour make coins.
13
Draw the pile of coins Omar is paid for 3 hours of work.
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Answer key · Set A
Wages and pay day
112 4 hours of 3 coins: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12.
26 coins Two hours at 3 coins an hour is 3 + 3 = 6 coins. Do not add 3 + 2.
315 6 + 9 = 15.
43 15 − 12 = 3.
5Hours of work Pay for hours of work is a wage. A prize or a found coin is not pay for work.
6True Each hour adds the same three coins, so more hours means more coins.
71-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D Each hour is 3 coins: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18.
815 coins Five threes make 15. Twelve is four hours and eighteen is six hours.
9work A wage is pay for hours of work.
104, 1, 3, 2 Omar works, the hours are counted, he is paid on pay day, and then he buys the present.
11No Three hours is 9 coins. Each extra hour adds 3 more.
1218 Six threes make 18: 15 for five hours plus 3 for one hour.
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