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QUICK REVISION – COMMISSION 2023
A commission is a percentage of total sales as determined by the rate of commission.
r
Commission = 100 × total sales where r is the rate of commission.
1.
A car dealer charges 5% commission for selling a car. He received a commission of
K17 500.00 for selling a car. How much money did the owner receive from the sale of
his car?
2.
A company saleslady sold goods worth K240 000.00 and from this sale she earned a
commission of K4 000.00. Calculate the rate of commission.
3.
Musonda is a travel agent. He receives 7% commission when he books a cruise for a
customer. How much commission will he receive for booking a K3 900.00 cruise?
4.
Mundia receives 18% commission when he makes a computer sale. How much
commission will he receive for selling a computer for K24 600.00?
5.
Mayeso earned K870.00 commission when she sold a K14 500.00 stove. What rate of
commission did she get?
6.
Salumai received K11 400.00 commission when he sold a car for K285 000.00. What
rate of commission did he get?
7.
Hantambo made K4 500.00 on the sale of a house. If he made 3% commission, what
was the selling price of the house?
8.
A real estate agent makes a 15% commission on the property she sells. How much
commission does she make on the sale of a house for K300 000.00?
9.
A book saleslady is paid a commission of 6% of her monthly sales. For the month of
January, she sold K180 000.00 worth of books. What was the amount of her
commission for the month?
10.
An agent makes 15% commission on an athlete’s signing bonus. If the bonus is
K90 000.00 what is the agent’s commission?
11.
Linda works in a shoe store. She earns a salary of K2 400.00 a week plus 12%
commission. One week she sold K30 000.00 worth of shoes. Find her total earnings for
the week.
12.
Machipisa sells car accessories for a company. She receives a monthly salary of
K25 000.00 per month and earns a commission that is 2% of the value of the car
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accessories that she sells each month. Find her commission and total pay during a month
in which she sold K106 000.00 worth of car accessories.
13.
Mr. Chishele receives a monthly salary of K17 500.00 plus a commission of 5%% on
all sales. Compute his total net pay for a month in which K64 200.00 worth of
appliances were sold.
14.
Peter makes K7 000.00 a month plus some money by commission rates. He gets 3% of
everything he sells. If Peter sold K550 000.00 worth of items this month, what is his
income for the month?
15.
Mr. Moyo selling second hand shirts earns a commission of 9% of the total sales.
Each shirt costs K750.00. Find the number of shirts sold if Mr. Moyo earned a
commission of K2970.00.
16.
A saleswoman earns a basic salary of K12 000.00 and a commission of 8% of the
month’s total sales. If the month’s total sales were K1 350 000.00, find her income for
the month.
17.
A salesman is paid a fixed monthly salary of K15 000.00 together with a commission
at 10% of the month’s total sales. If his monthly income is K20 500.00 during a certain
month, find his sales during that month.
18.
Thabo sells designer clothing in a store at a shopping mall. She earns a weekly salary
of K1560.00 plus a commission of 5% on all her sales. Last week her sales were
K213 170.00. What did she earn?
19.
A salesperson receives a basic salary of K1 500.00 per month. He also receives a
commission of 3% on all his sales. If the total sales for a month is K27 000.00,
calculate his monthly income.
20.
A sales agent is paid a salary of K3 000.00 and a commission of 2% on all his sales.
Calculate his income for a particular month he sold goods worth K40 000.00.
21.
A saleslady is paid a fixed salary of K2 500.00 per month and receives 4%
commission on all the sales. Calculate her total income in a month, if she sold goods
worth K52 500.00.
22.
A sales lady is paid a salary of K2 500.00 per month. She also receives a commission
of 5% of the value of goods sold. Calculate her total income if she sold goods worth
K16 000.00.
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23.
A salesman has a fixed monthly salary of K1 000.00. He receives a commission of
5% on all his sales. If the total sales for a year amounts to K320 000.00, calculate his
annual income.
24.
A company salesman is paid a salary of K2 000.00 per month. He also receives a
commission of 2% of the value of the goods sold. Calculate his total income if he sold
goods worth K25 000.00.
25.
An agent sold a television set for K2 200.00. This amount includes 10% commission
for the agent. What was the price of the TV set before the commission was added?
26.
Hantala is a real estate agent. He received K7 800.00 as commission for selling a
house costing K260 000.00. Calculate the rate of commission.
27.
Chiwawa is a travel agent. He receives 7% commission when he books a flight for a
customer. In a certain week, Chiwawa received K2730 as commission for booking a
flight for a customer travelling to Qatar. Calculate the cost for booking a flight.
28.
Zachepa earned K870 comission when he sold a K14500 stove. What rate of
commission did he get?
29.
Liyali received K11400 commission when he sold a car for K285000. What rate of
commission did he get?
30.
Jane earns a weekly wage of K540 plus commission of 12% on the value of cosmetics
she sells. In a certain week she received K1200 as total income. Calculate the value of
the cosmetics she sold.
31.
A saleslady’s basic salary is K4 200 and she also gets a commission of 5% on all her
sales. In a particular month, she received total income of K4 725; calculate the value
of goods she sold.
32.
A car salesman is paid a fixed salary of K1 200.00 per month and gets a commission of
3% on the sales of the cars. In a particular month his total income was K250 000.00,
calculate the value of goods he sold.