Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Lucena City
LUCENA DALAHICAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Learning Strand 3
Mathematical and Problem-Solving Skills
Learning Objectives:
After studying this module, you should be able to:
 solve percentage problems on discounts, commissions and interest; and
 use the three general formulas on percentage, depending on what is asked in the problem.

What is Rate?
When two quantities of different units are compared and expressed as a
ratio, we refer to it as 'Rate'. For example, if we say that a car travels at
a speed of 100 miles per hour, then it means in one hour it covers 100
miles. Here, miles and hours are different units. This way of comparing
two different units expressed as a single ratio is termed as 'Rate'

A ratio is used to compare two or more like quantities or numbers with the
same units. It is often written with a colon, and when used in words, we
say the ratio of one quantity "to" the second quantity. For example, the
ratio of girls and boys in a class is 3 is to 4, or 3:4. Some problems may
give you just two numbers, such as comparing two quantities, while some
may have more than two quantities. For example, the ratio of different
ingredients used in a recipe.