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Commission - Questions

Question 1
10540

Holly is a salesperson. She earns a basic wage of $300 per week and receives a commission on sales. Last week, she sold $12,000 worth of goods and earned $600. What was Holly's rate of commission?

2.5%

Question 2
10528

A real estate agent charges a commission of 3.50% for the first $400,000 of the sale price and 1.50% for the balance of the sale price. What is the agents fee for selling a property at a sale price of $1,240,000?

$26,600

Question 3
10263

Robert earns a weekly retainer of $410 plus a commission of 8% on sales. What was Robert's total earnings for a week if he has sales of $3750?

$710

Question 4
10266

A real estate agent charges a commission of 4% for the first $500,000 of the sale price and 2% for the balance of the sale price. What is the agents fee for selling a property at a sale price of $940,000?

$28,800

Question 5
10268

Elizabeth is a salesperson. She earns a basic wage of $240 per week and receives a commission on sales. Last week she sold $30,000 worth of goods and earned $1590. What was Elizabeth's rate of commission?

4.5%

Question 6
10269

Bertie sells paintings. He is paid 3% on the first $4,000 of sales, 2% on the next $4,000 and 1% thereafter. Find his commission on sale of $11,200.

$232

Question 7
10271

A real estate agent sold a unit for $600,000.He received 4% commission on the first $300,000 and \(x\)% on the balance. If he received $19,500 commission, what was the value of \(x\)?

\(x\) = 2.5

Question 8
58936

Joel is a sales person in a widget company. He is paid $400 per week and a commission of 4% on sales in excess of $500.

(i)  what commission does Joel earn on sales of $2000?

(ii)  what is Joel's wage for the week including commission?

(i)  $60

(ii)  $460

Question 9
58937

Elisha earns a basic wage of $310 and receives a commission on sales. Last week she sold goods to the value of $24000 and received for that week $910.

(i)  What was her commission?

(ii)  What was her rate of commission?

(i)  $600

(ii)  2.5%

Question 10
58938

A real estate agent charges a commission of 3% for the first $750000 of the sale price and 2% for the balance of the sale price.

i) What is the agents fee for $750000

ii)  What is the agents fee for a property that sells for $2000000

i)  $22500

ii)  $47500

Question 11
58939

A real estate agent sold a unit for $900,000. He received \(x\% \) on the first $500,000 and \((x - 1)\% \) on the balance. If he received $14,000:

(i)  What in terms of \(x\) was the commission on $500,000

(ii)  What is the value of \(x\)

(i) \(5000x\)

(ii) \(x = 2\)

Question 12
65991

A shoe salesman is paid a retainer of $300 a week and gets 5% commission on all sales over $2000. How much will he get in his pay if he has sales totalling $8500?

$625

Question 13
65990

Phoebe is a real estate agent who makes a commission of 1.5% for the sale of a house. If she sells a house for $450 000, how much commission will she make?

$6750

\begin{aligned}
\text{Commission}&=450,000 \times \frac{1.5}{100}\\
&=\$6750
\end{aligned}