Math 6

Week 4
Day 1
 Solving Percent
Problems Involving
Percent of Increase
or
Decrease.
Identify whether the missing value is the percentage, base, or rate. Then, find each missing
value. Show your computations on your paper.

1) 12% of 72 is what number?

2) 2.05 is what percent of 82?

3) What percent of 48 is 6?

4) 8% of a number is 15.6. What is the number?

5) What is 6% of 400?
Johnny bought a computer printer on sale at the store. The
computer printer was originally sold at ₱9 000 last month and it is
now on sale at ₱7 650.

What is the percent of change?

To solve the given problem, use Polya’s 4-Step Approach.
Here is another example.

An item that costs ₱120 is now being sold at ₱150 due to high demand.

Find the percent of change.

According to DOLE, the minimum daily wage of a laborer increased
from ₱450 last year to ₱504 this year. Find for the percent of change.
Study and complete the solution to each problem carefully. Write your complete answers on
your answer sheet.

1) Last week, oil price was set at ₱30.00 per liter. This week, it became ₱31.35 per
liter. Find the percent of increase in the oil price.
What is percent of decrease?

What is percent of increase?

A. Solve for the percent of increase or decrease of the following data. Choose the letter of
the correct answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1) The price of one sack of rice last year was ₱2 000. This year, the price increased to ₱2
200. Find the percent of increase in the price of one sack of rice from last year to this year.

A. 1% B. 10% C. 20% D. 200%

2) Because of rainy season, the average daily attendance of learners in an island school
reduced from 40 pupils last month to 35 this month. What is the percent of change in the
attendance of the learners?

A. decrease of 12.5% C. increase of 14%

B. decrease of 5% D. increase of 50%
3) Due to high demand of facemask (face mask), Aling Maria’s Store earned a sales profit of
₱600 this week compare to her last week profit of ₱500. How much was the change in percent
of her profit this week than last week?

A. 100% increase C. 5% increase

B. 20% increase D. 1% increase

4) Number (The number) of learners who failed in Mathematics 6 during the first quarter
decreased from 12 to 3 during the second quarter. What was the percent of change?

A. 9% B. 25% C. 75% D. 90%

5) The number of participants joining the school camp decreased from 800 to 600. What is the
percent of change?

A. 200% B. 33% C. 25% D. 20%

B. Compute for the percent of increase or decrease in a given situation. Write your solutions
and complete answers on your answer sheet.

6) According to DOLE, the minimum daily wage of a laborer increased from

₱450 last year to ₱504 this year. Find for the percent of change.

7) The price of a kilogram of mangoes decreased from ₱120 to ₱90. What is

the percent of change in the price of mangoes?

8) Raffel bought a can of 250ml pineapple juice. After she drank some of the pineapple juice,
there was 116ml of pineapple juice left in the can. Determine the percent of change in the
amount of pineapple juice after drinking.

9) A pair of shoes that originally costs ₱1 200 last month, now is being sold at ₱1 344. What
is the percent of change in the price of shoes?

10) During the price rollback, oil price dropped from ₱30 to ₱29.40 per liter. What was the
percent of change in oil price?
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Day 2
Solving Percent
Problems Involving
Markups and
Discounts.
Read and solve the following problems. Write your complete answer on your answer sheet.

1) The volume of alcohol in the container is 78ml. After pouring in some more, it is now 96.72
ml. What was the percent of change in the volume of alcohol in the container?

2) The number of enrollees in XYZ school dropped from 750 to 660. What is the percent of
change in the number of enrollees?

3) Gange’s electric consumption last month reached 160 kW. This month, their electric
reading is 216 kW. What is the percent of change?

4) During the summer sale of a Department Store, the price of a trolley bag that costs ₱7 500
was reduced to ₱6 000. Find the percent of decrease.

5) Charlyn weighed 80 kg last year. She enrolled in fitness program for 6 months and lost 12
kg. What is the percent of change in Charlyn’s weight?
During the Department Store’s summer sale, Gemma bought a pair
of pants that costs ₱1 890 and was sold at a discount of 20%.

a. How much was the discount?

b. How much did she pay for the pair of pants?

How will you solve the given problem?
In the given problem, this can be solved using Polya’s 4-Step
Approach.
A dress is on sale for 15% off the original price. If the sale price of
the dress is ₱990.25, what is its original price?
Rene paid ₱20 335 for a laptop computer that he bought with
original price of ₱24 500. How much was the discount and the rate
of discount?
Solve what is asked. Show your solutions and label your answers on your answer sheet.
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

1) Arniel was given a 15% discount on a T-shirt that he bought marked at ₱895. How much
did he pay for the T-shirt? How much discount did he save?

2) Terrence bought a pair of shoes at ₱1 500. She was given a discount of ₱300. What was
the rate of discount?

3) What is the original price of an item with 15% discount and the sale price is ₱425?

4) The department store pays its supplier with ₱450 for a piece of blouse, then sells it at
₱630. How much is the markup price for a piece of blouse? What is the markup rate?

5) After applying 50% discount, Sheaba paid ₱750 for a pair of pants. How much was the
original price of the pair of pants?
Problems in percent involving discount can be solved using the following
formula:

Discount (D) = Discount Rate (DR) x Original Price (OP)

D = DR x OP
Where:

Discount (D) is a decrease in the price of an item. It refers to the amount to

be deducted or subtracted from the original or regular price.

Discount Rate (DR) is the percent taken off from the original price or a
percent of decrease in a price of an item.

Original Price (OP) is the original price of the item.

A. Solve the following problems and choose the letter of the correct answer from
the choices. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

1) During the book sale, every item is given a discount of 8%. Kein bought a book
and was given a discount of ₱55.60. What was the original price of the book he
bought?

A. ₱639.40 B. ₱695.00 C. ₱705.50 D.

₱795.00

2) A bag that costs ₱880 is given 10% discount. How much is the sale price of the
bag?

A. ₱88 B. ₱792 C. ₱968 D. ₱1 098

3) Alexis saved ₱194.85 for buying a set of coloring materials during the class opening
sale. He was given 15% off for his purchase. What is the sale price of his purchase?

A. ₱194.85 B. ₱975.00 C. ₱1 104.15 D. ₱1 299

4) Collin bought a new CP that costs ₱17 990. He decided to sell it with a profit of 20%.
How much should he sell the CP?

A. ₱21 588 B. ₱18 010 C. ₱14392 D. ₱3 598

5) A shirt is sold with mark-up price of ₱175.50. This is 18% of the original price. How
much is the original price of the shirt?

A. ₱31.59 B. ₱207.09 C. ₱799.50 D. ₱975

B. Solve what is asked in the following problems. Show your solutions and label your answers on your
answer sheet.

6) A wristwatch with original price of ₱5 990 is on sale for ₱5 091.50. Find the
discount rate.

7) Camel bought 3 boxes of mango bars at ₱37 per box and 5 packs of baked
cashew nuts at ₱150 per pack. If she was given 3% discount in her total
purchase, how much discount did she save? How much did she pay in all?

8) By how much did Nick pay for the items that he bought if he availed a
discount of ₱19.30 at 2% discount rate?

9) A calculator with original price of ₱13 575 was sold at ₱11 267.25. How
much was the discount? Solve for the rate of discount.

10) An appliance center pays ₱25 990 to its supplier for a sala set, then sell it
with a markup rate of 10%. How much is the markup price? How much is
the selling price?
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Day 3
HOLIDAY
Day 4
 Solving Percent
Problems Involving
Commission, Sales
Tax, and
Simple Interest
Complete the tables below. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

1) A set of glassware is given 5% discount. Loremea saved ₱634.50 for buying it. How much
is the original price of a set of glassware?

2) If you pay your tuition in full upon enrolment, you will be given a discount of ₱3 838.40. If
the total tuition fee is ₱23 990, how much is the rate of discount?

3) The sale price of a printer is ₱12 241.25. It is given a discount of 12.5%. How much is the
original price of the printer?

4) Isaac is selling his gold bracelet which he bought at ₱15 990. He plans to make a profit of
17.5%. To what price should he sell his gold bracelet?

5) The mark-up price of an item is ₱175.50. It is 18% of the original price. How much is the
original price of this item?
Geraldine is a realtor. She receives 5% commission in every
property she sells. How much commission will she receive for
selling a house and lot that costs ₱9 500 000?
How do you solve this problem?
Here’s another problem.

Lovely deposited ₱8 500 at the bank as her savings. If the bank gives an
interest at 6% per annum on savings. How much will she earn after a year?
Edwin loaned money at the bank with simple interest. At the end of 2 years,
his ₱20 000 loan earned an interest of ₱3 000. What was the rate of interest
per annum?
Analyze and solve what is asked in the following problems. Write your answers
on your answer sheet.

1. Jerry sold 3 kaing of mangoes for ₱7 500 and received ₱637.50 as his
commission. What was his rate of commission?
[Link] much interest will ₱26 700 earn at 3% interest per annum for 4 years?

3. Joy is a travel agency agent. She receives 8.5% commission for booking
services. How much commission will she receive for booking a total amount of
₱55 000?
A. Solve what is asked in the following problems. Choose the letter of the correct
answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1) Aiko is a car sales agent who earns ₱15 500 monthly plus 8% commission in
all her sales. Last month, she sold a car worth ₱1 550 000. How much was her
total earnings last month?

A. ₱12 400 B. ₱27 900 C. ₱124 000 D. ₱139 500

2) Janet deposits ₱12 000 in her savings account. The bank gives her savings
an interest rate of 3.5% per year. How much interest will she receive after one
year?

A. ₱420 B. ₱4 200 C. ₱12 420 D. ₱16 200

3) The sales tax on a ₱13 800 appliance is ₱1 656. What is the rate of sales tax?

A. 8% B. 11% C. 12% D. 15%

4) If you borrowed ₱3 000 at 4.5% simple interest rate per annum, for how long that
your interest will reach ₱405?

A. 1 year B. 2 years C. 3 years D. 4 years

5) Zachary loaned a certain amount in the bank for 3 years at 4% simple interest
annually and paid ₱600 interest after the term. How much did he loan?

A. ₱6 000 B. ₱5 000 C. ₱4 000 D. ₱3 200

B. Solve what is asked in the following problems. Show your solutions and label
your answers on your answer sheet.

1) Rhemia invested ₱3 000 in a cooperative at an interest of 3.9% annually for

5 years. How much is her money after 5 years?

2) Joshua’s sales commission rate is 6%. How much is his commission from
the sales of ₱120 500 worth of duplicating machine?

3) How much sales tax is charged for an item that costs ₱250 if the sales tax
rate is 6%? How much is the total price?

4) To start for a mobile fast food stand, Vangie loaned ₱30 000 from the bank
with interest of ₱5 700 for 2 years. How much is the bank interest rate?

5) Joemar deposits ₱3 000 in a bank for 2 years, which gives him an interest
of 8% per annum. How much interest will he get after one year, 2 years?
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Day 5
 Solving Percent
Problems Involving
Commission, Sales
Tax, and
Simple Interest
How to solve a problem about Commision?
An appliance that costs ₱15 000 is subject to be taxed
of 12%.

How much is the sales tax?

Solution:
Jorie borrowed money from a lending institution at 9% simple interest. If he
paid an interest of ₱1 620 after 18 months, how much money did he borrow?
Analyze and solve what is asked in the following problems. Write your answers
on your answer sheet.

1) At an interest rate of 5.5% per annum, how much interest will a savings deposit
of ₱17 800 earn after 3 years?
Solve what is asked in the following problems. Show your solutions on your answer
sheet and label your answers.

1) Cora bought a new laptop computer that costs ₱28 985. Looking at her Official Receipt,
she found out that a sales tax of ₱2 318.80 was added to the cost of the laptop she bought.
Find the sales tax rate.

2) Kent borrowed some amount from his best friend at 4% interest per year. After half a year,
he paid ₱45 as interest. How much money did he borrow from his friend?

3) Lea makes money by commission. She gets 15% of the total sales of everything she
sells. If Lea sold ₱37 000 worth of items this month, how much is her commission for the
month?

4) To buy a pair of shoes, Dolly borrowed ₱3 000 at 3.5% interest for 2 years. How much
money will she pay after 2 years?

5) Jommel borrowed ₱1 200 at 6.5% interest for 9 months. How much interest will he pay?
Study and solve the problems below. Choose the letter of the correct answer
from the choices and write it on your answer sheet.

1) Jose receives a commission of 5% to the total sales he can make. One day
he was able to sell items in the store of at ₱12 690? How much commission will
he get?

A. ₱634.60 B. ₱1 205.54 C. ₱12 055.50 D. ₱13 324.50

2) All items in Store PQR has 12% sales tax inclusive. Ernesto bought a wallet
and observed that in his receipt, he paid a total tax of ₱126 for his purchased
wallet. How much is the cost of the wallet?

A. ₱15.12 B. ₱924 C. ₱1 050 D. ₱1 176

3) Gina is working in a commission-based company. Her daily allowance depends on the
sales she can make. Last Monday, she received a commission allowance of ₱114.40 for the
total sales she made amounting to ₱880. What was her commission rate?

A. 11% B. 12% C. 13% D. 14%

B. Perform the given problems below. Show your solution and complete
answers on your answer sheet.

8) Jha bought a lipstick with tag price of ₱600 + 8% sales tax. How much
should she pay for her purchase?

9) Vince earns 3% commission in selling property. This month, he received a

total commission of ₱11 400 for selling a parcel of lot. How much is the
cost of the property he sold?

10) A certain bank charges a simple interest rate of N% per annum for loans.
Rose loaned ₱40 000 and paid a total amount of ₱44 800 after 2 years.
How much is the interest rate of this bank?
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