Calculating Hourly Wages and Overtime Pay Activity

Students compute total wages earned, with and without 1.5x overtime pay, in this personal finance math activity. View preview Each card gives the times work started and ended in a day and the amount of money paid per hour. Students calculate elapsed time to find the total number of hours worked, if overtime hours were worked, the amount of overtime pay, and the total amount of money earned that day. Half of the cards include overtime hours, the other half do not. This activity includes 10 task cards, each with 2-3 questions, a student answer sheet and answer key. This activity is also on TPT, if you prefer shopping there.