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
•1.   Lilia owns three parcels of land of 12, 8, and
15hectares. If she sells a total of 18 hectares, how
many hectares will be left?
•  
= (12 + 8 + 15) + 18

= 35 + 18

= 35 +

= 36 +

= (36 18) +

= 18 hectares
 Applications of Fractions
•2.   Juanita sells different types of cloth. She cuts a
bolt of cloth containing 100 yards into single-pants
cut of 1 yards each.

a. Into how many pieces was the bolt cut?

80 pieces
•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
•3.   A carpenter can finish a stool in 1 hours. If he
works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, how many stools
can he finish in a week’s time?

stools/day
stools/day × 5 days/week
= 32 stools/week
 Applications of Fractions
•4.   Dr. Rolando Lopez bought a dentist’s chair for
₱50,000. He paid of this amount as down payment.
His mother gave him of the down payment.

a. How much was the down payment?

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

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

was the amount given him by his mother?

= =
•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?

=
=
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f. What fractional part of the total cost of the chair
would Dr. Lopez pay?

= 1 fractional part paid by his mother

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