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A worker earns $18 per hour. How much for 37.5 hours?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step word problems video lesson with captions. Final answer: Total = 675.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Worked example
A worker earns 18 per hour. How much for 37.5 hours?
2. Step by step
1. Read the problem
2. Multiply
3. The answer
$\text{Total = 675}$
Total = 675
4. Check
- 675 ÷ 37.5 = 18 per hour ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: A worker earns 18 per hour. How much for 37.5 hours? 18 per hour for 37.5 hours.

Step by step. Read the problem. Rate 18 per hour; quantity 37.5 hours. Multiply. 18 times 37.5 equals 675.

The answer. So the answer is Total equals 675. 18 per hour for 37.5 hours.

Check. 675 divided by 37.5 equals 18 per hour, which checks out.

About word problems

Turn everyday situations about prices, speed, ages and interest into equations and solve them.

A worker earns $18 per hour. How much for 37.5 hours?