LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS Senior High School–General Mathematics

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_______ FUNCTIONS IN THE REAL WORLD

DIRECTIONS: This Learning Activity Sheet focuses on Functions. Read the instructions carefully
and answer the questions that follow.

PART A: Representing real-life situations using functions.

Below are six real-life situations. Carefully analyze each situation.
Situation A: Water evaporation Situation D: Land
Each month, the pond loses the same amount The width of a land is twice its length. A land
of water due to evaporation. is measured in terms of square meters.
Let = the number of months that have Let = the length of the land in
passed = the total amount of water in the meters = the total land measure
pond after evaporation

Situation B: Delivery Situation E: Van rental

When sending a package, the farther the
destination, the higher the price that you must
pay because other than the initial amount,
there is a fixed amount that you need to pay
for every kilometer.
Let = the number of kilometers to the
destination
= the cost of sending the package in pesos
Workers in a company decided to rent a
van instead of commuting going to work.
The amount of rent is shared equally
among the passengers.
Let = the number of passengers
= the rental share of each passenger in
pesos

Situation C: Gas price Situation F: Bacteria

A gas station has a promo in unleaded
gasoline. The customer will have a discount of
P 3.00 per liter if he/she will buy gas more
than 1,000 pesos.
Let = the number of liters of gasoline = the
total amount the customer will pay
Mitosis is necessary in developing an
antibiotic. During an experiment, it was noted
that the number of cells in a bacterial culture
doubles every hour.
= the number of hours that have
passed = the amount of bacteria in the
petri dish

If the following functions models the situations above, which situation goes with each formula? Write
the letter of the situation that corresponds to the equation.

Situation Situation

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Specific Week: Week 1
Target Competency: Represents real-life situations using functions including piece-wise functions; evaluates a function;
performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and composition of functions; and solves problems involving
functions.
Note to the Teacher: Refer to LM pp 1 to 20 for the discussions.
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS Senior High School–General Mathematics
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PART B: Evaluating functions.

Answer the following questions using the equations and its corresponding situation in Part A. Show
your solution under each number. If the space provided is not enough, use a separate paper.
1. What is the total amount of water that the pond will lose by evaporation from February 1 to August
31?

2. If the distance from the

sender to the destination is
11.7 kilometers, how
much will the sender pay the
courier service?

3. The

customer filled

4. What is the total

her car with 39 liters of gasoline. How much will she pay?
measure of the land if the length is
meters?

5. If there are 13 people in the van including the driver, how much will each passenger pay? 6. If

the experiment started at 4:09 pm, how many bacteria will there be in the petri dish at 6:39 am?

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Specific Week: Week 1
Target Competency: Represents real-life situations using functions including piece-wise functions; evaluates a function;
performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and composition of functions; and solves problems involving
functions.
Note to the Teacher: Refer to LM pp 1 to 20 for the discussions.
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS Senior High School–General Mathematics
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PART C: Operations on Functions

Given the following functions, fill up the table by performing the indicated operations. Show your
solution on a separate sheet of paper.
3.
1. 5.

2. 4. √ 6.

Answer Answer

1. f(x) + g(x) 5.

2. h(x) – m(x) + p(x) 6.

 3. 7.

4. 8.

PART D: Solving problems involving functions.

Given the situations and equations in Part A, solve the following problems. Show your complete
solution. If the space provided is not enough, use a separate paper.
1. Apart from evaporation, another cause of water loss in the pond is seepage (water that is lost
through the bottom of the pond, through the dikes by infiltration and the drainage system of the
pond). If the volume of the pond remains to be 2,000 m 3and water loss due to evaporation
remains to be 128.25 m3per month, answer the following if the seepage loss is 21 m 3per day:
a. What is the equation that will best represent this problem?

b. What is the total amount of water that will remain in the pond after the whole month of January
2021 has passed?

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Specific Week: Week 1
Target Competency: Represents real-life situations using functions including piece-wise functions; evaluates a function;
performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and composition of functions; and solves problems involving
functions.
Note to the Teacher: Refer to LM pp 1 to 20 for the discussions.
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS Senior High School–General Mathematics
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2. Apart from the basic charge of P 50.00 and P 7.00 per kilometer, the courier service also charges
an additional P 80.00 during afterhours (10 pm to 6 am) and waiting time charge of P 60.00 per
hour which is applicable 30 minutes after pickup or delivery time. How much will you pay the
courier service if he will deliver fireworks from your home to Kilometer Zero in Luneta on February
11, 2021 at 10:30 pm but he must wait until it will be lighted at 12 midnight?
3. a. How much will you pay if
the length of the land in
Albay is 25 meters and
each square meter costs
P 12,000.00?

b. How much will you pay if

the width of the land in
Quezon City is 25
meters and each square
meter costs P 49,800.00?

c. Which land is bigger?

d. If you have enough money to

buy one of the lands, which will
you choose? Why?

4. Given that the van rental is P

2,000.00 per day and the
gasoline that will be filled in the
tank is 42 liters every week
except on the third week where
they only filled the van with 21 liters of gasoline that costs P 45.00 per liter. How much will each
of the 15 passengers (not including the driver) share in a month? (Consider that there are 4
weeks in a month and the passengers will travel 5 days a week).

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Specific Week: Week 1
Target Competency: Represents real-life situations using functions including piece-wise functions; evaluates a function;
performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and composition of functions; and solves problems involving
functions.
Note to the Teacher: Refer to LM pp 1 to 20 for the discussions.
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)