If someone who worked 24 hours received $232 in pay, what is his or her hourly wage?
2 Answers
The hourly rate is
Explanation:
The phrase "hourly wage" means "how much was he paid per hour?"
"per hour" means for EACH hour, or for ONE hour.
The hourly rate is
So for 1 hour the earnings are
Explanation:
Using ratio
Consider the way it will be worded: wages per hour.
Mathematically this is written as:
But we need 1 hour
For multiply or divide with ratios, what you do the bottom you do to the top.
So for 1 hour the earnings are