Question

A net salary of $12,000 is divided among 360 employees. How much salary would each employee get?

• A. $\$30\frac{1}{6}$
• B. $\$35\frac{1}{4}$
• C. $\$33\frac{1}{3}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\$33\frac{1}{3}$

Total salary = $\$12,000$
Total number of employees $=360$
Each employee will get $\$\frac{12000}{360}$ salary


$\therefore \frac{12000}{360}$ can be written as $\text{quotient}\frac{\text{remainder}}{\text{divisor}}$ i.e. $33\frac{120}{360}$

$33\frac{120}{360}$ = $33\frac{120}{120\times 3}$ = $33\frac{1}{3}$
Each employee will get $\$33\frac{1}{3}$.

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