Darren earns $56 for 8-hour workday. How many hours does he have to work to earn $196?

Question

Darren earns $56 for 8-hour workday. How many hours does he have to work to earn $196?

Answer 1

Armani,

Here is the answer to your question, this is a very simple 2 step word problem.

 

Step 1.

First you would take $56.00 dollars and divide by 8 because Darren works an 8 hour day. Your answer is $7.00.

 

Step 2

You would take the $196.00 and divide that by $7.00 and you  get the answer 28.00. Drop the 2 zeros at the end and you come up with 28.

 

So Darren would need to work 28 hours to make $196.00.

 

To check your answer in step 1 you have turn it back into money so, you would multiply 8 x 7= 56 then add a dollar sign in front of 56 and a decimal point before the two zero's at the end of 56 and you get $56.00.

 

To check your answer in step 2 you have to turn it back into money so, you would multiply 28 x 7 = 196 then add a dollar sign at the front of 196 and a decimal point before the two zeros at the end of 196 and you get $196.00

 

I hope this explains the answer to your question good luck

Mrs. S Bradley

 

Answer 2

Need to determine how much Darren makes per hour:

 

$56/8 hours = $7/hr.

 

Now divide the $196 by the $7/hr. to get the number of hours he must work:

 

196/7 = 28 hours

 

Alternatively:

 

56         196

----   =  -----

 8            x

 

Cross multiply and solve for x.