How to FIGURE this out? Athena sells office supplies. She receives a graduated commission of 4 percent on?


office supplies
SciFi asked:


her first $2,000 of sales and 8.5 percent on all sales over $2,000. Gray’s sales for the past week totaled $3,925. What is her commission for the week?

2) Some jobs pay a commission plus a bonus at the end of the year. The bonus may be a percent of the salesperson’s total commission for the year.
a. Melbell is a sales representative. She receives 7 percent commission on all sales. At the end of the year, she receives a bonus of 5 percent of her commission. What is her total pay for a year in which she had sales totaling $412,454?
b. What would Carr’s total pay be if her sales were $316,250?

3) What is gross pay and how do you calculate it? Also, what about for commission and minimum?

EXPLANATIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL, please. Thank you!

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3 Responses to “How to FIGURE this out? Athena sells office supplies. She receives a graduated commission of 4 percent on?”

  1. Geezah Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 2:33 am

    1) She sold $2,000 plus another $1,925. She got 4% on the first amount, then 8% on the second amount. So her total amount of commission earned is
    2000(0.04) + 1925(0.08)

    2a) She gets at least 0.07 times 412,454. That’s her commission. As a bonus, she gets 0.05 times this result. Geezah

  2. SleepingDog Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 9:49 am

    1) 2000(.04) + 1925(.085) is athena’s commission b/c her sales after $2000 were $1925 to achieve the total sales.

    2) Melbell’s sales totaled $412,454, so multiply by 0.07 for $28,871.78. Now multiply that commission by 5 percent (0.05) for $1,443.59. Now just add these two products together. SleepingDog

  3. craftyladynow Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    For the first one it tells you what Gray’s sells are but wants Athena’s commission for the week. Since you know Gray’s sells but not Athena’s you can’t answer.

    For problem 2 multiply the sales by .07 which will give you the amount of commission. You get 28871.78. Multiply this number by .05 This will tell you the end of the year commission. 1443.59. Now add the years salary of 412,454+ 28871.78+ 1443.59 to get the pay for the year.

    Do Carr’s yearly salary the same way as above.

    Gross pay is the amount that you receive before taxes. It is calculated by multiplying the rate of pay by the hours worked. I don’t know about commission or minimum craftyladynow

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