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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Understanding Percent
Mathematics – Grade 5
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Quarter 3 – Module 1: Understanding Percent (M5NSIIIa-136-138)
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Understanding Percent
Introductory Message
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 What I Need to Know

You see percent (%) sign everywhere, in the market, malls, magazines,
newspapers and on your cellphones or tablets. So, it is important that you know and
understand the meaning of percent as well as the relationship of percent, fraction,
ratio and decimals.

At the end of this module you are expected to:

 visualize percent and its relationship to fractions, ratios, and decimal

numbers using models. (M5NSIIIa-136)
 define percentage, rate or percent, and base. (M5NSIIIa-137)
 identify the base, percentage, and rate in a problem. (M5NSIIIa-138)

What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a sheet
of paper.

1. How many is 50% of a class?

1 1 3 5
A. B. C. D.
3 2 4 6

2. What term means “per hundred”?

A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

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3. Change to percent.
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A. 20% B. 25% C. 75% D. 100%

4. Which does not belong?

A. 25% B. 25/100 C. 25:100 D. 25

5. 76% of the grade 5 pupils are girls. Express 76% as decimals.

A. 0.076 B. 0.76 C. 7.6 D. 76.0

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6. Which element of percent represents the whole?
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

7. In the statement 35% of 600 = 210. The base is ______

A. 35% B. 210 C. 600 D. none

8. Which element of percent has the percent (%) sign?

A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

9. In a 50-item test in Elementary Mathematics, Mikee got 35 items correct. What

percent of the items did she miss? What is the missing element?
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

10. What is the missing element in the problem, “ Cris collected 10 cans of food. If he
is 50% complete with his final goal. How many cans does he want to collect?”
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

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 Lesson Relationship of Percent,
1 Fractions, Ratios
and Decimals

It was in the 15th century when the idea of percent began. It came from the Latin
word, “per centum “ which means “ for every hundred”. A percent is a ratio of a
number to 100. It is represented by the symbol “% ”.

What’s In

Directions: Complete the table by writing the number word in fraction and decimal
forms. Write your answer under the proper column. Do it on a sheet of paper.

Number word Fraction Decimal

1. Eighty-two hundredths
2. Seventy-five hundredths
3. Two-hundredths
4. Fifteen- hundredths
5. Nine-hundredths

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 What’s New
Read and understand the problem.

Luis and Ernie earned ₱100 for

selling junk. They gave ₱73 to their
mother and spend ₱27 to buy
candies. What percent of their
earnings did they give their mother?
What percent did they spend?

a. How did Luis and Ernie earn money?

b. How much did they earn?
c. How did they spend their earnings?

The figure below represents Luis and Ernie’s earnings and savings. The 100
boxes show the total earnings while the 73 shaded boxes represents the amount
given to their mother.

“73 out of 100” can be written as:

Percent: 73%
Ratio: 73:100

Fraction: 73
100

Decimal: 0.73

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 What is It

Compare the shaded part in each grid.

35
35% 35:100 0.35
100
percent ratio decimals fraction

Changing Percent to Fraction

Percent may be written in fraction form. To change percent to a fraction, remove

the percent symbol (%) and write the number as numerator, then 100 as
denominator. This is from the definition that percent means for “every hundred.”

Change the fraction to lowest term, if possible.

Example:

Percent Fraction Fraction in lowest term

1) 42% 42 21
100 50
0
9 9
2) 9% 100 100

25 1
3) 25%
100 4

16 4
4) 16%
100 25

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Changing Percent to Decimal

Percent may also be written as a decimal number. To change percent to decimal,

write the percent as a fraction, then divide the numerator by the denominator.

Example:
Percent Fraction Decimals

1) 15% 15 0.15
100
9
2) 9% 0.09
100
13
3) 13% 0.13
100

Another way of changing percent to decimal, change percent symbol (%) to

decimal point then move it twice to the left.

Example:

1) 15% = 0.15

2) 9% = 0.09

3) 68% = 0.68

Changing Percent to Ratio

Percent is a ratio with 100 as the second term. So, to change percent to ratio,
remove the percent sign and write 100 as the second term.

Example:

1. 27% = 27 : 100
2. 5% = 5: 100
3. 87% = 87:100
4. 1% = 1:100

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 What’s More

Activity 1

Directions: Write the name for each shaded part as a fraction, as a decimal, as a
percent and as a ratio. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

Example:
12
25
0.48
48%
48:100

1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______

______ ______ ______
______ ______ ______
______ ______ ______

4. ______ 5. ______
______ ______
______ ______
______ ______

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Activity 2
Directions: Write the ratio, decimal and percent equivalent of each picture. Write
your answer on a sheet of paper.

Figure Ratio Decimal Percent

1.

2.

3.

4. 
5. 
Activity 3
Directions: Complete the table. Reduce the fraction to lowest term, if possible.
Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

Percent Ratio Fraction Decimal

1. 37%

2. 17:100

3. 1
34
4.
100

5. 0.09

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the missing words to complete the meaning. Choose your answer
from the choices given inside the box. Copy and answer on a sheet of paper.

decimal point hundred lowest numerator percent

Percent means per (1) ____________. Percent can be written as a ratio with 100 as
the second term or a fraction with 100 as the denominator. It can also be written as
decimal number.

To change percent to fraction, remove the percent sign and write the number as
the (2) ____________, then write 100 as denominator. Change the fraction to (3)
__________ term.

In writing percent to decimal, remove the percent sign, then move the (4)
___________ twice to the left. In changing decimal to (5) ____________, we move the
decimal point twice to the right and affix the percent sign.

What I Can Do

Directions: Read the problem carefully. Answer each item. Write your answer on
a sheet of paper.

1. What fraction of the cellphone’s battery is used if the screen says that the
remaining battery is 29%?
2. Carlo scored 65 out of 100 item test in Math. What percent of the test did he
get correctly?
3. Forty percent of the pupils ride to school. What fraction (in lowest term) of the
pupils ride to school?
4. 36% of Grade 5 pupils walk to school every day. Write 36% in decimal.
5. Kristine packed 20 grapes and a pear in her lunch. She ate thirteen grapes and
a pear. What percent of the grapes did Kristine eat?

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 Lesson

2 Base, Percentage and Rate

In Mathematics, percent are used like fractions and decimals, as a way to describe
parts of a whole. When you are using percent, the whole is considered to be made
up of a hundred equal parts. In order to apply percent in our daily life,
understanding its elements, rate, base and percentage is a must.

What’s In

Directions: Determine whether the missing element is percentage (P), rate (R) or
base (B). Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

__________1.)____% of 10=10

__________2.) 12% of 72=____

__________3.) 8% of ____=7

__________4.) 6% of 200= ____

__________5.) 20% of ____=16

What’s New

Seventy-five percent of the 40 pupils of Mrs. Robles attended the Magic Show.
How many pupils attended the magic show?

The number sentence in this problem:

75% of 40 is ________.

What is the missing part in the mathematical sentence?

a. How many pupils did Mrs. Robles have in all?

Answer: 40 is a whole or total number. It is called base.

b. How many percent of the pupils attended the magic show?

Answer: 75% is the rate which can be expressed as a ratio or as fraction

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 c. How many pupils attended the magic show?

Answer: 30 is 75% of 40.

30 is the percentage. It is a part of the whole.

Therefore the missing element is percentage.

What is It

Study these examples.

15% of 60 is 9.

Rate
Base

Percentage

 15% is the rate. It is given as percent. It can be expressed as a ratio or

as a fraction.
Rate is the number with the % sign.
 60 is called the base. It is the whole of which you take the percent.
Base is the number that usually follows the phrase “percent of”.
 9 is called the percentage, meaning part of the whole.
Percentage at a constant rate is directly proportional with base.

In symbols:

P = R x B , where P is the percentage, R is the rate and B is the base.

Another example:

54 is 45% of 120

Rate = 45%

Base = 120

Percentage = 54

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 What’s More

Activity 1

Directions: Identify the base, rate and percentage. Do it on a sheet of paper.

Rate Base Percentage

1. 20% of 40 is 8

2. 540 is 45% of 1200

3. 13% of 300 is 39

4. 34 is 85% of 40

5. 30% of 120 is 36

Activity 2

Directions: Write Rate, Base or Percentage on the blank to identify what element
is missing. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

__________ 1. 30 is 15% of what number?

__________ 2. What is 78% of 100?

__________ 3. 8 is what percent of 16?

__________ 4. 12 is 40% of what number?

__________ 5. What percent of 45 is 9?

Activity 3

Directions: Read the problems carefully and determine what element is missing.
Write your answer on a sheet of a paper.

1. In a 50-item test, Nestor got 95% correctly. How many correct answers did
he get?
2. A refrigerator marked ₱7,200 was sold at a 12% discount. How much was
the discount?

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 3. A family with an income of ₱3,500 spends ₱2, 100 for food. What percent of
the income is spent for food?

4. Leo saved 30% of his monthly earnings. If he saved ₱4000 a month, how
much was his earnings?
5. If Justin scored 75% on a 20 item test, how many points did he get?

What I Have Learned

Direction: Supply the missing term in the blank. Choose your answer from the
choices given inside the box. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
Base Decimals Fraction Rate

 When solving any problem in percent, remember the following:

 Percent problem has 3 elements: Base, Rate and Percentage.
 Percentage is part of a whole.
(1) __________ is the total or whole number.

The number with the percent sign is the (2) ________.

Rate can be written as (3) __________ or as (4) _____________,

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 What I Can Do

Direction: Identify the rate, the base and the percentage. Write your answer on a
sheet of paper.
1. 30% of N is 12.
Rate: ________
Base: ________
Percentage:________

2. N is 30% of 12 000.
Rate:________
Base:________
Percentage:________

3. 26 is 40% of N.
Rate: ________
Base: ________
Percentage: ________
4. 60 is N% of 80.
Rate: ________
Base: ________
Percentage: ________

5. 75% of N is 30.
Rate: ________
Base: ________
Percentage: ________

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 Assessment

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a sheet
of paper.
1. What term means “per hundred”?
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

2. Which of the following is correct?

A. 33% = 0.33 B. 33% = 03.3 C. 33% = 33 D. 33% = 3.03

3. 45% of the grade 5 pupils are girls. Express 45% as decimals.

A. 0.045 B. 0.45 C. 4.5 D. 45.0

4. In the statement 35% of 600 = 210. Which is the percentage?

A. 35% B. 600 C. 210 D. none

5. Which does not belong?

A. 21% B. 21/100 C. 21:100 D. 21

6. Which element of percent represent part of the whole?

A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

7. In a survey on the choice of pizza, 900 out of 1500 people preferred brand A
to B. What percent preferred A? What is the missing element?
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

8. What is the missing element in the problem, “A big theater has 1400 seats.
During a concert, it is 95% full. How many seats were taken?”
A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

9. Which element of percent represents the whole?

A. base B. percent C. percentage D. rate

10. How many is 75% of a class?

1 1 3 5
A. B. C. D.
3 2 4 6

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 Additional Activities

Direction: The table below shows the scores of four pupils in a recent periodic test.
Use the table to answer the question that follows. Do it on your answer sheet.

Name of Score
Pupil Math Science Filipino English Makabayan
Jake 85% 90% 96% 88% 84%
Lyka 46 44 49 40 45
50 50 50 50 50
Ken 0.78 0.81 0.83 0.8 0.92
Ruby 37:50 9:10 41:50 21:25 24:25

1. Among the pupils, who got the highest score in:

a. Math? c. Filipino? e. Makabayan?
b. Science? d. English
2. If the passing score is 75%, who failed in a test? In which test did he/she
fail?

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What I Know What’s In What’s More
1. B Fraction Decimals Activity 1
2. B
3. C 1. 82/100 0.82 1. 9/25 0.36 36% 36:100
4. D 2. 75/100 0.75 2. 14/25 0.56 56% 56:100
5. B 3. 2/100 0.02 3. 3/10 0.30 30% 30:100
6. A 4. 15/100 0.15 4. 3/5 0.60 60% 60:100
7. C 5. 9/100 0.09 5. 1/5 0.20 20% 20:100
8. D
9. D
10. A
What’s More What’s More
Activity 2 Activity 3
1. 25:100 0.25 25% 1. * 37:100 37/100 0.37
2. 12:100 0.12 12% 2. 17% * 17/100 0.17
3. 35:100 0.35 35% 3. 100% 100:100 1 *
4. 20:100 0.20 20% 4. 34% 34:100 * 0.34
5. 8:100 0.08 8% 5. 9% 9:100 9/100 0.09
What I have Learned What Can Do
1. hundred
2. numerator
3. lowest term 1. 71/100
4. decimal point 2. 65%
5. percent 3. 2/5
4. 0.36
5. 65%
LESSON 1
Answer Key
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What’s In What’s More What’s More
Activity 1 Activity 2
1. Rate Rate Base Percentage
2. Percentage
3. Base 1. 20% 40 8 1. base
4. Percentage 2. 45% 1200 540 2. percentage
5. base 3. 13% 300 39 3. rate
4. 85% 40 34 4. base
5. 30% 120 36 5. rate
What’s More What I Have Learned
Activity 3
1. Base
2. Rate
1. percentage 3. Fraction
2. percentage 4. Decimals
3. rate
4. base
5. percentage
What I Can Do Additional Activities
Assessment
1. Rate: 30%
Base: N 1. B 1.
Percentage: 12 2. A a. Lyka
2. Rate: 30% 3. B b. Jake and Ruby
Base: 12 000 4. C c. Lyka
3. Percentage: N 5. D d. Jake
3. Rate: 40% 6. C e. Ruby
Base: N 7. D 2. Ruby , Math
Percentage: 26 8. C
4. Rate: N% 9. A
Base: 80 10. C
Percentage: 60
5. Rate: 75%
Base: N
Percentage: 30
LESSON 2
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Coronel, Carmelita, and Nelia Bamba. Mathematics For Better Life. 1st ed. Reprint,
Quezon City: SD Publications, Inc, 2010.
Lumbre, Angelina, and Alvin Ursua. 21St Century Mathletes 5. Reprint, Quezon City:
Vibal Group, Inc, 2016.

B. Electronic Resources
"DLP Grade 5 Module 44 - Relating Fractions, Decimals, Ratio And Percent". LMRDS.
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https://commons.deped.gov.ph/K-to-12-MELCS-with-CG-Codes.pdf.

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