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Wages

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This exercise set provides your students with some real-world wages problems to solve. Choose from a variety of problems by selecting Edit Problem Templates, or create your own problem templates.

Change the number of exercises

  1. Click on the box labeled "Number of Exercises" in the options panel.

  2. Type in a new number or use the up and down arrows to change the value. You can choose any number from 1 to 200.

Change the number of exercises in a row

  1. Select "Exercises per Row" in the options panel.

  2. Click the down arrow to choose a new number from the list or use Auto.

Notes:

  • If you are using the default auto settings, the number of questions per row will change automatically when you adjust the font size or the low/high number ranges.

  • For word problems exercises sets, you can only choose 1 or 2 exercises per row.

Change the row spacing

Set the spacing between rows of exercises in 100ths of an inch (25 = 1/4 inch, 40 = 1cm).

  1. Select the input field for the Row Spacing option in the options pane.

  2. Type a new value in the field or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value. Valid range is 0 to 300.

Show title

  1. To show the exercise set Title, select the check box for the Show Title option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set title, deselect the check box.

Show instructions

  1. To show the exercise set Instructions, select the check box for the Show Instructions option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set instructions, deselect the check box.

Show the answer bank

  1. To show the answer bank, select the check box for the Show Answer Bank option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the answer bank, deselect the check box.

Show duplicate warning

When this option is selected, a warning is displayed if there are any duplicate exercises in the exercise set. To hide the duplicate warning, uncheck the Show Duplicate Warning option in the options pane.

Add, edit and select problem templates

  1. Select Edit Problem Templates in the options pane. An ellipsis button appears. Click the ellipsis button to open the editor.

  2. Add, edit, and select the problem templates and save your changes.

  3. Click OK to close the editor and apply the changes to the math document.

Use a custom set of names in the problems

  1. To edit the names in the problems, press the ellipsis button beside the Edit Problem Names option in the options pane.

  2. In the editor, add, edit and select names to be used in the problem.

  3. Save your changes, then click OK to close the editor and apply the changes to the math document

Tip

Problem Names are shared between exercise sets that use names in the word problems. When you add names to a list in the Problem Names editor, those names will be available from that list for any word problems that uses names.

CHANGE HOURLY RATE PARAMETERS

Change the range of values

To achieve values within a set range, set the the high end of the range and the low end of the range.

  1. To set the high end of the range, select the input field for the Range High option in the options pane and enter a new value to the maximum allowed for that exercise.

  2. To set the low end of the range, select the input field for the Range Low option in the options pane and enter a new value to the minimum allowed for that exercise.

Note

To locate the range for any particular option, check the definition area at the bottom of the options pane when an option is selected. Some exercises allow negative values to be entered for either the high or low end of the range by using the hyphen as the negative sign, i.e. -10, -999, -1000.

Choose how the hourly rate will be rounded

Select how the hourly rate will be rounded. Choose one of options between one cent (e.g. $12.24, $6.38, $21.52) and one dollar (e.g. $22.00, $10.00, $7.00).

Set the range for hours worked

Set the range of values for the hours worked for the wages problems.

  1. To set the high end of the range, select the input field for the Range High option in the options pane and enter a new value to the maximum allowed for that exercise.

  2. To set the low end of the range, select the input field for the Range Low option in the options pane and enter a new value to the minimum allowed for that exercise.

Set the percent for deductions

Set the range of values for deductions in the problems as a percent of gross pay. Select both the range and the number of decimals to apply to both ranges.

  1. To set the high end of the range, select the input field for the Range High option in the options pane and enter a new value to the maximum allowed for that exercise.

  2. To set the low end of the range, select the input field for the Range Low option in the options pane and enter a new value to the minimum allowed for that exercise.

  3. Decimals - Set the number of decimal places to be used for the deductions values.

Tip

For a specific percent (e.g. 17.5%), set the high and low range to the same value and set Decimals to the appropriate place. Example: To set the deductions to 17.5%, set Range High to 175, Range Low to 175 and Decimals to 1. The program now knows that one decimal place should be set for the number 175, giving you 17.5%.

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