MORE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

Lesson Objective

• At the end of this lesson, the students should be

able to apply fractions, decimals, and percent in
solving business problems and problems in real-
life situations.
 Applications of Fractions
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1. Lilia owns three parcels of land of 12 , 8 , and
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15 hectares. If she sells a total of 18 hectares, how
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many hectares will be left?

1 2 3 1
12 + 8 +15 − 18
5 3 4 2
 1 2 3 1
= (12 + 8 + 15) + + + − 18
5 3 4 2

12+40+45 1
= 35 + − 18
60 2

97 1 37 1
= 35 + − 18 → 35 + 1 − 18
60 2 60 2

37 1
= 36 + − 18
60 2

37 30
= (36 − 18) + −
60 60

𝟕
= 18 hectares
𝟔𝟎
 Applications of Fractions
2. Juanita sells different types of cloth. She cuts a
bolt of cloth containing 100 yards into single-pants
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cut of 1 yards each.
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a. Into how many pieces was the bolt cut?

100 100 4 400
1 → 5 = 100 × = = 80 pieces
1 5 5
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b. If Juanita sells the cloth at ₱150 per cut, how much
will the entire bolt sell?

80 × ₱150 = ₱12,000

c. If Juanita bought the bolt at ₱90 per yard, how

much gross profit will she earn?

Gross profit = Total sales – Total cost

= ₱12,000 – (100 yd at ₱90/yd)
= ₱12,000 – ₱9,000
= ₱3,000
 Applications of Fractions
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3. A carpenter can finish a stool in hours. If he
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4
works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, how many stools
can he finish in a week’s time?

8 hours 8 5 32
1 → 5 =8× = stools/day
14 hours/stool 4 5
4
32
stools/day × 5 days/week
5
= 32 stools/week
 Applications of Fractions
4. Dr. Rolando Lopez bought a dentist’s chair for
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₱50,000. He paid of this amount as down payment.
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1
His mother gave him of the down payment.
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a. How much was the down payment?

3
× ₱50,000 = ₱𝟑𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎
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b. How much did his mother give him?
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Amount from his mother = × down payment
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1
= × ₱30,000
4
= ₱7,500

c. What fractional part of the total cost of the chair

was the amount given him by his mother?

𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ₱7,500 𝟑

= =
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 ₱50,000 𝟐𝟎
d. How much of the down payment was shouldered
by Dr. Lopez?
= Down payment – his mother’s share
= ₱30,000 – ₱7,500
= ₱22,500
e. What fractional part of the total cost of the chair
was the down payment paid by Dr. Lopez?
𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑟. 𝐿𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑧
=
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟
₱22,500 𝟗
= =
₱50,000 𝟐𝟎
f. What fractional part of the total cost of the chair
would Dr. Lopez pay?

= 1 − fractional part paid by his mother

3
=1−
20
20 3
= −
20 20
𝟏𝟕
=
𝟐𝟎
Exercises:
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1. Jamie’s allowance is of Cathy’s. If Jamie gets ₱550, how
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much is the difference between their allowances?
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2. Kim can finish a task in 2 hours.
If she was asked to
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work for 35 hours, how many tasks can she finish?
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3. Iris bought 1 kg of rice at ₱75 while Carm bought 3 kg
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at ₱160. Which of them paid less? By how much?
4. Bianca wishes to create 5 rectangular trays measuring
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ft by 1 ft. If a square foot of board costs ₱125, how
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much would she spend for all the trays?