Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BIÑAN CITY

FIRST QUARTER
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
WORKSHEET WEEK No. 4

MELC#4: Solve problems involving direct, inverse, and partitive proportion

References: BUSMATH Module published by DepEd Division of Manila
BUSMATH DEPED teaching guides.
BUSMATH for Senior High School by Educational Resources
Corporation.

Reminders: Here are the additional activities for you to understand the lesson
further. Write your answers on your own paper.

DEVELOPMENT:

Learning Task 1:

Directions: Determine whether the following ratios a proportion.

12 30
a. and
20 50

15 45
b. and
27 54

40 60
c. and
30 45

ENGAGEMENT:

Learning Task 2: Individual Activity.

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your answer in the yellow pad.
1. Eight tea bags are needed to make 5 liters of iced tea. How many tea
bags are needed to make 15 liters of iced tea?

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 2. A manufacturer knows that during an average production run, out of
1,000 items produced by a certain machine, 25 will be defective. If the
machine produces 2,030 items, how many can be expected to be
defective?

3. If 1 out of 6 people buy a branded item, how many people can be

expected to buy this item in a community of 6,000 people?

ASSIMILATION:

Learning Task 3:

Directions: Solve the problem below and write your answer in the space
provided below.

1. Two boxes of chocolates cost P180. How much do 7 boxes of

chocolates cost?

2. Forty liters of water is transformed into 3 containers in the ratio 1:3:4.

How much water is in each container?

3. If Trina works 20 hours, she earns P600. How much does she earn
if she works 30 hours?

4. If nine men take 15 days to assemble 18 machines, how many days

s will it take to assemble 60 machines?

5. A deceased person stated in his testament that his 30-hectare land

be divided among his three children using 1:2:3 partition, the oldest
getting the biggest share. How much did the second child receive?

Address: P. Burgos St. Brgy. Sto. Domingo, Biñan City Laguna

Website: depedbinancity.com.ph
Email: deped.binancity@deped.gov.ph
Telephone no: 511-4143/ 511-8620/ 511-4191/ 511-8746