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7th grade Pay, income tax and take-home pay worksheet

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Pay, income tax and take-home pay

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Ari reads a pretend pay record for Ms. Wells, a shoe-shop worker: 28 hours at $13 an hour, with 12% income tax on the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Esme reads a pretend pay record for Ms. Yates, a school cook: 24 hours at $15 an hour, with 10% income tax on the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Jun reads a pretend pay record for Mr. Owens, a bike-shop worker: 30 hours at $14 an hour, with 8% income tax on the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Kira reads Ms. Hale's pretend pay record: pay before tax $500. Income tax takes 10% and city income tax takes 2%, both of the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Luz reads Mr. Cole's pretend pay record: pay before tax $640. Income tax takes 12% and city income tax takes 3%, both of the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Noah reads Mr. Dunn's pretend pay record: pay before tax $800. Income tax takes 12% and city income tax takes 2%, both of the pay before tax. What is the take-home pay?
Pia reads a pretend pay record for Ms. Shaw, a bakery worker. The take-home pay is $352 after an income tax of 12% of the pay before tax. What was the pay before tax?
Tala reads a pretend pay record for Ms. Wells, a shoe-shop worker. The take-home pay is $276 after an income tax of 8% of the pay before tax. What was the pay before tax?
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Percent money table
Line Percent Amount
pay before tax 100% blank
income tax 12% $54
take-home pay 88% ?
Ari reads the table in a pretend pay record for Ms. Yates, a school cook. It shows only the income tax line. What is the take-home pay?
Bo reads the table in a pretend pay record for Mr. Owens, a bike-shop worker. It shows only the income tax line. What is the take-home pay?

Line	Percent	Amount
pay before tax	100%	blank
income tax	12%	$54
take-home pay	88%	?

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About this worksheet

Pay, income tax and take-home pay. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can find pay before tax from hours and hourly pay, the income tax in dollars, and the take-home pay.
I can find the tax rate from two amounts, and the pay before tax from the tax or the take-home pay.
I can handle two taxes taken from the same pay.

Standard: state-only

Words to know

pay before tax: What a worker earns before anything is taken out. It is the 100% line.

income tax: A percent of the pay that is taken out and paid to the government.

take-home pay: The pay that is left after the income tax is taken out.

hourly pay: The money a worker earns for one hour of work.

line: One row of the percent money table, like the income tax line.

Common mistakes

Your child wrote the tax percent for the take-home percent (12% tax as 12%).

Your child added the tax percent to 100% (12% tax as 112%) as if the tax were put on top.

Your child found the take-home pay when the question asked for the income tax.

What to say

Ask: if the pay before tax is 100%, how much of it is left after the tax?

Ask: does an income tax make the pay go up or down?

Ask: which line of the pay record does the question ask about?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with pay, income tax and take-home pay?

Your child wrote the tax percent for the take-home percent (12% tax as 12%).

How can I help my child with pay, income tax and take-home pay?

Ask: if the pay before tax is 100%, how much of it is left after the tax?

Are these 7th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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