Numeracy VCE VM and VPC Pay rates and overtime task cards
Resource Description
Your VCE VM and Pathways students will love using these new editable rates of pay and overtime task cards to build their personal finance skills as part of being ready for work. Use the print or digital pay rates and overtime task cards as part of a math centre, co-operative learning activity or during a remote learning phase (using the digital option with embedded audio).
Set Two - Overtime rates, rates of pay, pay cycles, total pay
Set Two contains 28 task cards numbered 25-52. Each task card is designed to support financial literacy and work readiness for teens and young adults through thinking, planning and solving problems. The cards model typical financial algebra calculations that are needed for working with rates of pay, hours worked, total pay, ordinary and bonus pay rates, variable hours and timesheet errors.
Assumed knowledge and skills for Set Two is:
•Use of a calculator for calculations and checking answers as needed
•Understanding of hourly rate, total income and hours worked
•Understanding rosters and timesheets
•Understanding of ordinary time, time and a half, double time and triple time
•Ability to work with whole and half dollar amounts
•Ability to work with whole and part hours
•Ability to complete one, two and three step calculations
This set uses the following skills::
•Reading worded problems
•Calculating total pay from ordinary and bonus hourly rates and number of hours worked
•Calculating hourly rate from total pay and number of hours worked
•Calculating hours worked from total pay and hourly rate
•Adding hours worked on multiple days or shifts to find total hours
•Checking payments and working with timesheet errors
Here's how...
Print the cards for in class use. Share them with individuals, pairs or small groups. Allow time for solving the card, then swap and compare answers. Check work against the answer key.
Use the cards as a digital version in PPT to access the audio for each task card. This is a great option for remote learning and to provide audio support for learners as needed.
Fundamental skills and knowledge...
•Reading worded problems
•Calculating total pay from an hourly rate and number of hours worked
•Calculating hourly rate from total pay and number of hours worked
•Calculating hours worked from total pay and hourly rate
•Adding hours worked on multiple days or shifts to find total hours
Examples
Trixi loves her café job! She works 7-10 pm for 3 days per week at a rate of $28.56/hr and one double time cleaning shift per month from 5-9 pm on a Friday night.
What does Trixi earn in one month?
The ice cream shop is paying double time for a public holiday shift of 6 hours. Ordinary time is $12.90/hr.
How much do you earn for the shift?
Terms of use
Please enjoy using these cards with your own students in your class or group, or across your own set of students.
Please encourage other teachers to purchase their own set or buy an additional licence. Do not upload onto a share drive or social media group folder. Do not resell this resource.