RATE, BASE AND

PERCENTAGE
OBJECTIVE: FINDING THE RATE, BASE AND PERCENTAGE
 P=Br
P - Percentage ( portion, part, or share ) , always
without a percent sign.
r - Rate or percent, usually with a percent sign, it
is The Percent IN RELATION to the Base
B - Base, the original amount, usually the whole
Identify the P, R and B in the sentence
below: Let`s use P-R-B in everyday
math.
1. Jessy ate 4 out of the 5 parts of her chocolate bar. This
means she ate 80% of the chocolate bar.

2. The interest rate for savings in a bank is 1% per year. When

Anton deposited ₱1,000.00 in the bank, his money earned an
interest of ₱10.00 in one year.

3. What Part of 30 is 6?
 A PRB Application: Discount
Example: During a sale with all items marked 20% off. Manuel
bought a t-shirt at ₱200.00. What was the original price of the t-
shirt?

What does 20% represent?

What are the given in the problem? What do we need to find?

What does 20% represent? The common misconception is that the given % quantity
in the problem is the rate, but this is not always the case.
Since 20% here refers to the discount rate and we are
asked to find the original price which is the totality or the
whole. The correct rate is ( 100% - 20% ) = 80%
Example 1
A shoe store purchased a
leather for P12000 and sold
it for 13,000. what percent of
the cost was his gain?
Example 1
Ms. Kurdapia got 450 points
which was the 75% of the total
points in her Math subjects. What
was the total points of the Math
subjects?
Example 2
The are 600 grade 11 student in a
certain school. If 48% of these students
are boys, how many grade 11 students
are girls?
Example 4
A sari-sari store sold goods worth
P4,250 for the month of
September with 25.5% profit.
Determine the profit of the store.
Example 5
A rice dealer bought P28,250 worth of
rice and sold it at a profit of P3,050.
What percent of the cost in the rice was
the profit?
EXAMPLE 6
A man invested a certain amount in stocks
and bonds. After a year, his investment
increased in value to P575, 000.,
representing a 15% increase. How much
was the man’s original investment?