Just a Problem Solving Idea for the Upper Juniors

     

 A carpenter earns $35 an hour.  He earns an extra $7 per hour for overtime.  He worked for 50 hours 10 of which are overtime.  How much money did the carpenter work for?

Section A

Simple recall questions could be:

1.   Who is the worker in the story

2.   What work does he do?

3.   How is he being paid?

4.   How much money does he get for each hour?

5.   How much money extra does he get for an hour?

The answers to the questions in Section A will supply us with the facts that we need to answer the next set of questions.

Section B

Questions that depend upon knowing the facts:

1.   What do you think is meant by overtime?

2.   How much money does he get for 2 hours normal time?

3.   How much money does he get for 4 hours normal time?

4.   How much money does he get for 40 hours normal time?

5.   How much money does he get for an hour of overtime?

6.   How much money does he get for 2 hours overtime?

7.   How much money does he get for 7 hours overtime?

Section C

Questions requiring information gathered from Section B:

1.   How much money does he get for 3 hours normal time and 2 hours overtime?

2.   How many hours normal time must he work if wants to get $72?

3.   How many overtime hours must he work to get $45?

4.   How much money should he get if he works 50 hours 10 of which are overtime?