Fundamentals Operation on Fractions

Maybe you are wondering, “Do I really need to

study fractions?”

- retail trading, banking, and investment, restaurant

and tourism
1
Ex:5 kls. flour to be used in a bakeshop
2
1
12 kls. of pork in a barbeque stall
3
1
2 % interest charged by banks
3
2
6 interest charged by a lending institutions
3

 A fraction represents a part of a whole or a group.

 Kinds of Fractions

Ex: A customer bought the following fruits:

1 3
1 kgs. of grapes, 2 kgs. of oranges and
2 4
1
2 kls. of apples. How many kgs. of fruits did the customer buy?
2

1 3
=1 kgs. of grapes + 2 kgs. of oranges +
2 4
1
2 kls. of apples
2

1 3 1
= (1 + 2 + 2) + ( + +¿ ¿
2 4 2
2+ 3+2
= 5 + ( )
4
7
=5+
4
3
=6
4
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Ex: A businessman purchased 8 dozens of T-shirts, repacked and sold them by half dozen T-
2
shirts per pack. How many packs of half dozen T-shirts were formed and sold?

1. 1
=8
2. 2

17 2
= X
2 1

17 2
= X
2 1

17 1
= X
1 1

17
= = 17 packs
1

Ex: The owner of ABS – CBN Corporation distributed his net worth of P58.5M to his sons and
daughters, as follows: two- thirds of the amount equally to 4 sons and the rest equally to his 3
daughters. What part and how much does each son and each daughter receive?
2
Sons: X P58,500,000 = P39,000,000
3
1
Daughters: X P58,500,000 = P19,500,000
3

Each son: P39,000,000 / 4 = P9,750,000

Each daughter:P19,500,000 / 3 = P6,500,000
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Ex: Sir Christian invested his P3.5M as follows: in time deposit, in money market, in bonds
10 3 5
and the rest in mutual funds. What part of his money is invested in mutual funds? Find the amount
he invests in each type of investment, rounded to the nearest peso.
3 1 1
= + +
10 3 5
9 10 6
= + +
30 30 30
25
= (portion invested in time deposit, money market, bonds)
30
30 25 5
= _ = invested in mutual funds
30 30 30
9
= P3,500,000 x = P 1,050,000 invested in time deposit
30
10
= P3,500,000 x = P1,166, 667 invested in money market
30
6
= P3,500,000 x = P700,000 invested in bond market
30
5
= P3,500,000 x = P583,333 invested in mutual funds
30
TOTAL INVESTMENT = P3,500,000 Sir Christian

1 3
Ex: A banana plantation owner harvested 28 tons of bananas. If he sold 21 tons to the export
5 5
2
market, 4 tons to the domestic market and the rest donated to poor people in his community, how
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many tons of bananas did he sell to the export and domestic market? How many tons of bananas did
he donate to the poor?
Sales (Export & Local):
3 2
= 21 + 4
5 3
9 10
= 25 + ( + )
15 15
19 4
= 25 = 26 Total sales for export & local
15 15
Donation to the poor:
1 4
= 28 _ 26
5 15
141 394
= -
5 15
423 394 29 14
= - = = 1 donated to the poor
15 15 15 15

Ex: Mr. Steve decided to partition his real estate properties worth a total of P20.5M to his 4 siblings,
1 1 1
as follows: goes Joan, to Jomar, to Jane and the rest to Joanna. What part of the real estate
4 3 5
properties goes to Joanna? How much of the real estate properties goes to each of the 4 siblings?
For (Joan, Jomar & Jane)
1 1 1
= + +
4 3 5
15 20 12 47
= + + = for the 3 siblings
60 60 60 60

60 47 13
For Joana: = - = for Joanna
60 60 60
How much each sibling received?
15
Joan: P20,500,000 X = P5,125,000
60
20
Jomar: P20,500,000 X = P6,833,333
60
12
Jane: P20,500,000 X = P4,100,000
60
13
Joanna: P20,500,000 X = P4,441,667
60
Total: P20,500,000