Social Arithmetic Material

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Mathematics education
 Social arithmetic is field or
mathematics that studies about
mathematics in social life, for
example in field off economics.

1. Overall value and value per unit

Overall price = number of items x unit price
Price per unit = total price : quantity of goods

2. Profit and loss

Profit = selling price - purchase price
Loss = purchase price – selling price

3. Percentage of profit and loss

Profit percentage = profit : purchase price x 100%
Percentage of loss = loss : purchase price x 100%

4. Discounts
% discount = discount : purchase price x 100%
Paid price = initial discounted price
 1. Overall value and value per unit

Overall price = number of items x unit price

Price per unit = total price : quantity of goods

Example
problem 1

Settlement:
Question:
a. Purchase price =
Mother bought 3 melons. He paid
Rp. 80.000 – Rp. 11.000 = Rp.
Rp.80.000 and got a change of Rp.
11.000.
69.000 c. The price of 2 melons =
So, the total purchase price is 2 x Rp. 23.000 = Rp. 46.000
a. Determine the total purchase.
IDR 69.000 So, the price of 2 melons is IDR
b. Determine the purchase price of
b. Melon price per fruit = 46.000
each fruit.
Rp. 69.000 / 3 = Rp. 23.000
c. If you want to buy 2 more melons,
So, the price of each melon is
how much do you have a pay?
IDR 23.000
 Profit Question:
Anto bought a new motorbike at a price of Rp. 17.000.000
and resold at a price pf Rp. 18.360.000. determine the
profit gained by Anto?
Settlement:
Buy and sale motorbikes:
Purchase price = Rp. 17.000.000
Selling price = Rp. 18.360.000
2. Profit and loss Profit = selling price – purchase price = Rp. 18.360.000 –
Rp. 17.000.000 = Rp. 1.360.000
Example
problem 2

Profit = selling price - purchase price

Loss Question:
Loss = purchase price - selling price
Mr. Budi bought a car at a price of Rp. 125.000.000. The
car was then resold at a price of Rp. 120.000.000.
determine the loss suffered by Mr. Budi?
Settlement:
Buying and selling cars:
Losses suffered by Mr. Budi?
Loss = Rp. 125.000.000 – Rp. 120.000.000 = Rp 5.000.000
 3. Percentage of profit and loss
Profit percentage = profit : purchase price x 100%
Example Percentage of loss = loss : purchase price x 100%

problem 3

Profit % Question:
A trader buys a TV for Rp. 2.000.000. if he Loss % Question:
resells the TV at a price of Rp. 2.400.000. Mr. Budi bought a car at a price of Rp.
then a percentage of profit earned by the 125.000.000. the car was then resold at a
trader is? price of Rp. 120.000.000. then a percentage
of loss earned by the trader is?
Sattlement:
Profit = sale price – purchase price Sattlement:
= Rp.2.400.000 – Rp. 2000.000 = Rp. Loss = Rp. 5000.000
400.000
Percentage of loss
Percentage of profit: % loss = Rp. 5.000.000 : Rp. 125.000.000 x
% profit = Rp. 400.000 : Rp. 2.000.000 x 100%
100% = 4%
= 20%
 4. Discounts
% discount = discount : purchase price x 100%
Paid price = initial discounted price

Example
Problem 4

% discount Question:
Paid price Question: Mr. Badri bought a TV for Rp. 2.800.000. but because Mr.
In one of the supermarket, a discount of 20% is badri got a price discount, he only paid Rp. 2,240.000. calculate
available for every purchase of goods. Nina bought a t- the discount percentage?
shirt for Rp. 180.000, calculate the amount of money
nina paid? Sattlement:
Initial price : Rp. 2.800.000
Money paid : Rp. 2.240.000
Sattlement:
% discount?
% discount = 20%
Initial price = Rp. 180.000 Discount price = purchase price – money paid
= Rp. 2.800.000 – Rp. 2.240.000
Paid price? = Rp. 560.000
Paid price = Rp. 180.000 – Rp. 180.000 x 20%
= Rp.180.000 – 36.000 % discount = discount price : purchase price x 100%
= Rp. 560.000 : 2.800.000 x 100%
= Rp. 144.000
= 20%