Jethro was helping his mother in their store when a
delivery man delivered 20 dozens of eggs at
Php42.00 a dozen. If the delivery man gave him a change of
Php160, how much is Jethro’s money?
Was he right in asking for a change of Php280, if his money
was Php1,000? Why?
Answer the following questions.
1. Who helped mother in the store?
2. Who delivered dozens of eggs?
3. How many dozens of eggs were delivered to them?
4. If you were Jethro:
a. will you help your family earn a living? Why?
b. will you keep the change given by the delivery man?
Why?
5. What are the given data?
6. What is asked in the problem?
7. What are the operations to be used to solve the problem?
8. Write the number sentence?
9. Write the solution.
10. Write the final answer.
Reynaldo helps his mother in marketing. His mother
gives him Php300 to buy 4 kilograms of fish at Php86 a kilo.
Along the way he meets his father who gives him a 200-peso
bill for the items he has to buy. When he goes home, he says
that he has a change of Php176. Is he telling the truth?
Why?
Answer the following questions:
1. Who helps mother?
2. How does he help his mother?
3. What does mother ask him to do?
4. How much did mother give him?
5. How much did father give him?
6. How much change does he have?
7. If you were Reynaldo will you be:
a. helping your mother? Why?
b. honest? Why?
8. What to find in the problem?
9. What are the given data?
10. What are the operations to be used to solve the problem?
11. Write the number sentence or mathematical expression.
12. What is the final answer?
Solve word problems involving finding the percentage/base.
1. Mrs. Perez bought a house for P800,000.00. House repair
cost her an extra 15% of the value. How much did she pay for
repairs?
a. P102,000
c. P120
b. P130,000
d. P120,000
2. Sarah earns P46,500 a month. She saves 20% of it. How
much does she save in a month?
a. P9,300.00
c. P3,900.00
b. P9,030.00
d. P930.00
3. Mae’s allowance for the week is P60.00. She saves 5% of it.
How much is her savings?
a. P5.00
c. P4.00
b. P3.00
d. P6.00
4. In a class of 50 students, 40% are boys. How many girls are
in the class?
a. 18
b. 25
c. 20
d. 40
5. Tina sold 75% of the 140 dressed chickens in the freezer.
How many chickens were sold?
a. 90
b. 100
c. 95
d. 105
Solve word problems involving finding the percentage/base.
1. Lanie and her mother take their lunch in Food For All
Restaurant. Her mother paid Php450.00 including the 12%
value added tax. How much would the bill without the tax?
a. P140.00
b. P296.00
c. P300.00
d. P396.00
2. A government employee received Php9,020.00 monthly
salary. After 6 years in service, the government approved a
10% salary increase. What is his monthly salary after the
increase?
a. P9,922.00
c. P9,902.00
b. P902.00
d. P9,229.00
3. Findings from a survey of 500 children found that 8% are
left handed. Of this number, 25% are girls. How many are left
handed children surveyed are girls?
a. 40
b. 10
c. 22
d. 36
4. A fruit vendor sold P1,425.00 worth of different fruits in
season. If 85% of the total sales came from mangoes. How
much was the sale came from mangoes?
a. P1,211.25
c. P2,034.78
b. P18,213.00
d. P3,424.00
Solve word problems involving finding the percentage/base.
1. During a sale an item marked Php250 has a discount of
20%. How much is the sale price?
a. Php200
b. Php150
c. Php180
d. Php205
2. A car dealer sold a car for Php800,000. He received
Php120,000. What is the rate of his commission?
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 18%
d. 20%
3. Danny borrowed Php75,000 from a credit union. At the end
of the year he has to pay back 8% interest. How much is the
interest?
a. Php2,000
c. Php5,000
b. Php3,000
d. Php8,000
4. Of approximately 45,000,000 Filipinos employed, 43% are
women. How many Filipinos men are employed?