Business Math Quarter 1 Module 3 1
Business Math Quarter 1 Module 3 1
Business Math
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Solving Problems with
Fractions, Decimals,
and Percentage
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Schools Division Superintendent : Romeo M. Alip, PhD, CESO V
OIC-Asst. Schools Division Superintendent: William Roderick R. Fallorin
Chief Education Supervisor, CID : Milagros M. Peñaflor, PhD
Education Program Supervisor, LRMDS : Edgar E. Garcia, MITE
Education Program Supervisor, AP/ADM : Romeo M. Layug
Education Program Supervisor, Math : Danilo C. Caysido
District Supervisor, Abucay : Ruel D. Lingad, EdD
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District Lead Evaluator, Math : Mary Leyza B. Deldoc-Pinzon
Business Math
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Solving Problems with
Fractions, Decimals,
and Percentage
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.
What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
This module is made to help you enhance your critical and logical thinking in
solving problems involving fractions, decimals, and percentage. This will also help
you establish a more comprehensive skills in converting numerical figures from one
form to another.
Our goal in this module is to help you validate your skills in solving problems
involving fractions, decimals, and percentage. Together, we review, demonstrate, and
illustrate the skills you have developed and enhance from the previous modules.
At the end of this module, you are expected to solve problems involving:
(ABM_BM11FO-Id-5)
A. Fractions;
B. Decimal; and
C. Percentage.
What I Know
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1. What is of 350?
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A. 121.52 B. 121.53 C. 121.54 D. 121.55
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2. What is of 215?
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A. 92 B. 94 C. 96 D. 98
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3. What is of 129?
3
A. 43 B. 44 C. 45 D. 46
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4. What is of 12%?
12
A. 0.03 B. 0.04 C. 0.05 D. 0.06
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5. What is of 1%?
4
A. 0.0025 B. 0.0050 C. 0.0075 D. 1.0075
6. A class is composed of 32 boys and 12 girls. What is the percentage of girls from
the total class size?
A. 72.72% B. 37.5% C. 27.27% D. 26.67%
7. Carlo bought 5 apples and 7 oranges for his Lola Anita. What is the percentage
of apples from oranges?
A. 00.14% B. 41.67% C. 58.33% D. 71.43%
8. Nico is constructing a stick house for his project. He needs to cut the length of
each stick from 11.69 centimeters to 5.83 centimeters. How long does Nico need
to cut from the sticks in percentage?
A. 25.62% B. 49.87% C. 50.12% D. 99.48%
9. Angela has finished reading 38 pages of her favorite book which has a total of
124 pages. Express the number of pages Angel has read in fraction form.
12 19 16 29
A. B. C. D.
69 62 92 61
10. Jenny spends 3.75 hours a day watching her favorite Korean Telenovela. How
much time does she spend each day watching in fraction form?
3 5 5 15
A. B. C. D.
75 32 16 32
11. Teddy got 87% in his Quarterly Assessment for Physical Education and Health.
If there are 65 questions in the assessment, how many correct answers did
Teddy get?
A. 56 B. 57 C. 58 D. 59
12. Eloisa will celebrate her birthday next week. She asked her classmates which
do they prefer to eat, spaghetti or carbonara. 72% of her classmates preferred
spaghetti. If she has 50 classmates, how many of them preferred to eat spaghetti
on her birthday?
A. 32 B. 34 C. 36 D. 38
What’s In
Your class plans to go on a Summer Outing. One of the tasks of your Class
Secretary is to identify the snack that your class wants to have on your outing. She
asked you one by one and each of you must have only one choice. At the end of the
day, the result was:
Spaghetti 15
Carbonara 10
Hotdog Waffle 7
Chicken Sandwich 12
What’s New
DIRECTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, copy and answer the questions that
follow the procedures below. You need to perform each task or step
to get the right answer. Please do not write anything on the module.
1. Identify your daily activities during your Summer Vacation. List them down on
the sheet of paper where you will copy and answer the questions below.
2. Opposite each activity, write the number of hours you spend for each activity.
For example:
Note: The total number of hours must always be 24 because there are 24
hours in a day.
Questions:
What is It
EXAMPLE 1
5
What is of 276?
12
How do you understand the question above? What further explanation can
you do about it?
5
In the question above, 276 is the whole value, while is the fraction value. It
12
is like saying, there are 276 Senior High School Students inside the gymnasium and
5
of them are Grade 11 Students.
12
When dealing with this kind of problem, you need to convert first the fraction
value to decimal form and multiply the resulting quotient with the whole value.
5 ÷12 = 0.4167
Step 2: Multiply the whole value with the decimal form obtained above.
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Therefore, 115 is of 276.
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EXAMPLE 2
3
What is of 480?
20
3
In the question above, 480 is the whole value, while is the fraction value. It
20
3
is like saying, there are 480 apples in the storage room and of them are green
20
apples.
When you want to know the number of green apples in the storage room, you
need to convert first the fraction value to decimal form and multiply the resulting
quotient with the whole value.
3 ÷20 = 0.15
Step 2: Multiply the whole value with the decimal form obtained above.
480 x 0.15 = 72
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Therefore, 72 is of 480.
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EXAMPLE 3
The total travel time from Balanga City to Baguio City is 240 minutes. If Paulo
3
is already travelling of the total travel time, how many minutes did he already
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travelled?
From the statement above, you are required to compute for the number of
3
minutes Paulo has already travelled after he consumed of the total travel time.
8
Step1: Convert the fraction value of the time Paulo has already travelled to
decimal form.
3 ÷ 8 = 0.375
Step 2: Multiply the total travel time with the decimal form obtained above.
240 x 0.375 = 90
EXAMPLE 4
5
Marise is budgeting her allowance for the week, which is P1,500.00. If she
14
of her allowance is allotted for transportation, how much is her budget for her
transportation expenses?
Can you help Marise compute for her budget for transportation? How are you
going to do that?
Step 1: Express the fraction value of Marise’s budget allotted for her
transportation expenses in decimal form.
5 ÷ 14 = 0.3571
Step 2: Multiply the amount of weekly allowance with the decimal value
obtained above.
EXAMPLE 1
In the question above, 985 is the whole value, while 0.75 is the decimal value.
It is like saying, there are 985 flowers in the garden and 0.75 of them are red.
Since you already have the decimal value, proceed in multiplying the whole
value with the given decimal value to know the number of red flowers in the garden.
Step 1: Multiply the whole value with the given decimal value.
EXAMPLE 2
What is 3.14 of 5?
In the question above, 5 is the whole value, while 3.14 is the decimal value.
To know the required value, simply multiply the whole value with the given
decimal value.
Step 1: Multiply the whole value with the given decimal value.
5 x 3.14 = 15.7
EXAMPLE 3
The distance between Balanga City and Tagaytay City is 187.7 kilometers.
Aldrin has already travelled 0.625 of the distance. How far has Aldrin gone from
Balanga City?
From the statement above, you are required to compute for the distance Aldrin
has already travelled from Balanga City going to Tagaytay City.
Step 1: Multiply the distance between the two cities with the distance Aldrin
has gone from Balanga City.
EXAMPLE 4
Trisha wants to make her younger sister a new dress. She needs 0.38 of the
cloth their mother bought. If their mother bought 4.5 yards of cloth, how much cloth
does Trisha needs for the new dress?
You are required to determine how much of the cloth their mother bought does
Trisha need to make a new dress for her younger sister.
Step 1: Multiply the decimal value of the cloth Trisha needs for the new dress
by the total length of cloth their mother bought.
Therefore, Trisha needs 1.71 yards of cloth for her sister’s new
dress.
Just like in solving problems with fractions, you need to convert or express
first the percentage in decimal form, before getting the required value.
EXAMPLE 1
In the question above, you are asked to compute for the value which is
equivalent to 50% of 350. As mentioned earlier, to determine the required value, you
need to convert or express the percentage in decimal form first before computing for
the required value.
50 ÷ 100 = 0.5
Step 2: Multiply the given value with the product obtained above.
EXAMPLE 2
The statement above indicates that you are required to compute for the value
which is equivalent to 32.86% of the total amount, P25,843.75.
Step 2: Multiply the given value with the product obtained above.
EXAMPLE 3
A merchandise shop offers 25% discount to its customers as they celebrate its
anniversary. If Justin’s total bill in purchasing merchandise is P2,754.95, how much
is his discount?
25 ÷ 100 = 0.25
EXAMPLE 4
A result of survey shows 11% of the total population belongs to the 60 and
Above age group. If the total population is 321,654, how many individuals belongs
to the 60 and Above age group?
The statement above asked you to compute for the total number of individuals
who belong to the 60 and Above age group based on the percentage from the result
of the survey.
Step 1: Express the percent value of the population belonging to the 60 and
Above age group in decimal form.
11 ÷ 100 = 0.11
Step 2: Multiply the total population with the product obtained above.
What’s More
DIRECTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, compute what is/are asked below. Show
your complete solutions and box in your final answers. Please do not
write anything on the module.
Here we go!
What I Can Do
DIRECTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, copy and answer the questions below.
Show your complete solutions and box in your final answers. Please
do not write anything on the module.
Questions:
1. From the survey result, which is the most preferred canteen snack?
2. From the survey result, which is the least preferred canteen snack?
3. Compute for the percentage of each canteen snack item preferred by employees
from the total number of employees who participated in the survey.
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Assessment
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1. What is of 56?
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A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17
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2. What is of 200?
4
A. 150 B. 160 C. 170 D. 180
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3. What is of 100%?
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A. 0.3 B. 0.4 C. 0.5 D. 0.6
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4. What is of 795%?
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A. 1.7035 B. 1.7036 C. 1.7037 D. 1.7038
7. There are 266 males and 323 females in a barangay. What is the percentage of
males from females in the said barangay?
A. 82.35% B. 54.84% C. 45.16% D. 12.14%
8. Gina spent P5,700.00 of her savings to buy a new oven. If she has P8,500.00
savings, what percentage of her savings did she spend in buying new oven?
A. 57% B. 67% C. 75% D. 85%
9. Joshua needs popsicle sticks for his miniature project. He needs to reduce the
length of each stick from 12 inches to 7.5 inches. What percent of the length of
the sticks does Joshua need to remove?
A. 26.5% B. 37.5% C. 62.5% D. 73.5%
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10. April and May decided to make ice candies. The total amount of ingredients is
132.00. If May shared 45% of the total amount, which amount is equivalent to
her share?
A. P49.40 B. P59.40 C. P69.40 D. P79.40
11. Jeffrey got 89% in his driving license examination. If there are 100 questions in
the examination, how many correct answers did Jeffrey get?
A. 86 B. 87 C. 88 D. 89
12. Andrea wants to bake cupcakes for her nieces and nephews this coming
Saturday. She asked them which do they prefer, chocolate cupcakes or banana
cupcakes. 71% of them preferred chocolate cupcakes. If she has 14 nieces and
nephews, how many of them preferred chocolate cupcakes?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
13. The distance between Balanga City and Olongapo City is 47.7 kilometers. After
20 minutes of travelling, Mark already reached 23.8 kilometers from Balanga
City. How far did Mark travel from Balanga City in fraction form?
23.8 47.7 238 477
A. B. C. D.
47.7 23.8 477 238
14. Bernie loves reading books. He has finished reading 88 pages of his new book
which has a total of 128 pages. Express the number of pages Bernie has read
in fraction form.
10 11 12 13
A. B. C. D.
15 16 17 18
15. Abby loves travelling. She saves P5,000.00 from her P32,000.00 monthly
earnings for her travels. How much time does she saves each month in fraction
form?
3 5 7 9
A. B. C. D.
32 32 32 32
Additional Activities
DIRECTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, copy and answer the questions that
follow the procedures below. You need to perform each task or step
to get the right answer. Please do not write anything on the module.
Assume that you will celebrate your birthday next month and your budget for
your birthday celebration is P20,000.00.
1. List two (2) personal items you want to buy on your birthday as gift for yourself.
For example: a pair of shoes and a new bag.
2. List down the food (menu) you want to serve to your guests on your birthday. For
example: spaghetti, pansit guisado, puto, ice cream, orange juice, cupcakes, and
coffee jelly.
3. On a table form, create a budget allotment for your birthday. Express your budget
in both percent and fraction forms.
For example:
Answer Key
References
Lopez, B., Martin-Lundag, L. and Dagal, K., 2016. Business Math (Teacher's
Manual). Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc.
Lopez, B., Martin-Lundag, L. and Dagal, K., 2016. Business Math (Textbook).
Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc.