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 2
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 3
A manufacturing company retrenched
10.5% of its labor work force. If the
number of employees laid off was 120,
many employees did the company have
before the retrenchment.
Example 6
A sari-sari store sold goods worth
P4,250 for the month of
September with 25.5% profit.
Determine the profit of the store.