Weekly job pay

[Scharied5]

If a person gets paid for working 40 hrs a week and the hourly wage is $21an hr for a whole week how much money would they get paid at the end of the week?

 

[Denis]

40 * 21 = ?

WHY are you asking?

 

[Steven G]

If a person gets paid for working 40 hrs a week and the hourly wage is $21an hr for a whole week how much money would they get paid at the end of the week?

Well lets see. Suppose the worker literally was paid after each hour.
After 1st hour receive $21
After 2nd hour receive $21
After 3rd hour receive $21
After 4th hour receive $21
After 5th hour receive $21
After 6th hour receive $21
After 7th hour receive $21
After 8th hour receive $21
.
.
.
After 40th hour receive $21

So the worker received $21 forty times. That is $21*40

 

[Denis]

....ahhhh....that's why we pay you the big bucks!

 

[MarkFL]

Just recall:

Total pay = (pay/hour)(number of hours)

It is equivalent to distance being rate of speed (distance per time) times time. We get dimensional consistency.

 

[Steven G]

....ahhhh....that's why we pay you the big bucks!

Thanks I appreciate that!