PROBLEM SOLVING

INVOLVING PERCENTAGE
Objectives:

1.To give a real-life situations

about percentage, base, and rate.

2.To solve problems involving

percentage.
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Solve the following.
1.What is 60% of 25?
1𝟓
2.What is 120% of 85?
𝟏𝟎𝟐
3.25 is what percent of 60?
𝟐
𝟒𝟏 %
𝟑
4.200 is what percent of 150?
𝟏
𝟏𝟑𝟑 %
𝟑
5.12 is 25% of what number?
𝟒𝟖
 Steps in Solving Word Problem
Involving Percentage
1.Identify the given information and what
is being asked in the problem.

2.Identify the formula to be use or what

quantity is missing.

3.Substitute the given values and solve

for the unknown quantity.
Steps in Solving Word Problem Involving Percentage
1. Identify the given information and what is asked in the problem.
2. Identify the formula to use or what quantity is missing.
3. Substitute the given values and solve for the unknown quantity.

Examples
1. Forty-seven percent of the people in a town are adults. How many
adults are there if there are 14,500 people?
𝑷 = 𝑹𝑿𝑩
𝑷 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟕𝑿𝟏𝟒, 𝟓𝟎𝟎
𝑷 = 𝟔, 𝟖𝟏𝟓 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔
2. If a woman saved Php5,000 from her monthly income of
Php12,500, what percent of her income did she save?
𝑹=𝑷÷𝑩
𝑹 = 𝟓, 𝟎𝟎𝟎 ÷ 𝟏𝟐, 𝟓𝟎𝟎
𝑹 = 𝟎. 𝟒 = 𝟒𝟎%
Steps in Solving Word Problem Involving Percentage
1. Identify the given information and what is asked in the problem.
2. Identify the formula to use or what quantity is missing.
3. Substitute the given values and solve for the unknown quantity.

Examples
3. How much money would have to be invested at 5% to earn
Php1,000 a year?
𝑩=𝑷÷𝑹
𝑩 = 𝟏, 𝟎𝟎𝟎 ÷ 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓
𝑹 = 𝑷𝒉𝒑𝟐𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎
4. Mrs. Omeping buys a stereo for Php3,800. The sales tax is 6%.
How much sales tax does she have to pay?
𝑷 = 𝑹𝑿𝑩
𝑷 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟔𝑿𝟑, 𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝑷 = 𝑷𝒉𝒑𝟐𝟐𝟖
Steps in Solving Word Problem Involving Percentage
1. Identify the given information and what is asked in the problem.
2. Identify the formula to use or what quantity is missing.
3. Substitute the given values and solve for the unknown quantity.

Examples

5. Lourdes scored 23 out of 30 on Mathematics test. What percent

score is this?
𝑹=𝑷÷𝑩
𝑹 = 𝟐𝟑 ÷ 𝟑𝟎
𝟐
ഥ
𝑹 = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟔𝟔𝟔 … 𝒐𝒓 𝟕𝟔. 𝟔% 𝒐𝒓 𝟕𝟔 %
𝟑
MOTIVATION OF THE DAY
In life, never spend more than
10 percent of your time on the
problem, and spend at least 90
percent of your time on the
solution.

- Tony Robbins