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TEACHER ED UCATION

TEGR 108 – Teaching Math in Primary Grades

Problem Set_M2

1. In an 800-meter relay, the first two runners cover 150 meters and 125 meters respectively. Find
the ratio of the total distance of the travelers by the first two runners to the total distance covered
by the last two runners.
2. What is the ratio of 42 days to 2 weeks?
3. The perimeter of a rectangle is 68 meters. If its length measures 20 meters, find the ratio of its
width to its length.
4. Two numbers are in a ratio of 2:5. If their sum is 105, find the bigger number.
5. There are 36 learners in Grade 4 class. If 14 of them are boys. what is the ratio of girls to boys?
6. A rope is cut into 2 parts in a ratio of 7:4. If the longer piece is 35 meters long, how long is the
shorter piece?
7. There are 56 hens and chicks in Lola Natings Farm. The ratio of hens to chicks is 1:7. If 1 hen
and 10 chicks were transferred to a nearby farm, what is the new ratio of chicks to hens?
8. Marbles are shared among three friends, Bernard, Joven and Kathryn in a ratio of 3:4:5. If Joven
received 60 marbles, how many marbles were there at the start?

9. If five(5) men can finish a job in 20 days. In how many days can 15 men finish the same job?

10. A square has the same perimeter as the rectangle. The ratio between the length and the width of
the rectangle is 2:3. If one side of the square measures 15 cm, find the length of the rectangle,
11. There are 40 pupils inside the classroom. Two-fifths of them are boys. If 4 boys and 6 girls leave
the room to practice badminton, what is the new ratio of girls to boys inside the classroom?
12. There were some mangoes and guavas in the basket. If 12 mangoes were given away, the ratio of
the number of mangoes to the number of guavas would be 15:7. What is the ratio of the original
number of mangoes to the number of guavas?

13. Complete the table.

Percent Decimal Fraction Ratio

1 90%
2 100%
3 68%
4 2%
5 45%
6 0.05
7 0.5
8 0.24
9 0.81
10 0.3

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11 5
1
12 8
7
13 10
37
14 100
3
15 4
16 4 :10
17 12 :20
18 3 :8
19 23 :100
20 17 :20

14. Jheian Kris bought a refrigerator at P36, 450. She paid a down payment which is 30% of the cost
and paid the balance in 12 equally monthly installments.
a) How much was the downpayment?
b) How much is the monthly installment?

15. In PSU, the College of Education has 720 students. Of these, 30% are in the first year and 25%
are in the second year. The remaining students are third year and fourth year in the ratio 5:3. How
many students are in each of the year level?

16. Rene works as sales clerk. He is paid a salary of P3, 000.00 a week plus 2% commission on sales
over P4, 000.00. Find his gross pay for a week if his sales total P9, 500.00

17. A P300 item is marked up 20%. Then the new price is marked down 30%. Is the final price less or
more than the original price? By how much did it increase or decrease?

18. Miss Leizel Reyes borrowed P30, 000 from a bank. At the end of 6 months, she paid back P30,
750.00 What was the yearly rate of interest?

19. Mr. Darryl Jimenez bought a shirt which sells at P565 and was given a 12% discount. How much
did he pay for the shirt?

20. Marlon put P50, 000 into a savings account in January. Six months later he put P10, 000 more
into the account. The interest rate is 4% per year. How much interest will be earned at the end of
the year?

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Mission: Development of a highly competitive human resource, cutting-edge scientific knowledge
and innovative technologies for sustainable communities and environment.