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Mathematics
Quarter 2 - Module 3:
Percentage, Rate, and Base

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Mathematics 6
Quarter 2 - Module 3: Percentage, Rate, and Base
Second Edition, 2021

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Mathematics
Quarter 2 - Module 3:
Percentage, Rate, and Base

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Introductory Message
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 Target

When you or your parents go to the malls or other business establishments to

buy items or products or to avail of specific services, you immediately look for
discounted items, products or services. During the Christmas season malls and
other business establishments go on sale offering discounts to most of their items
or products and services. Did you try to compute and check if the given discounts
were correct. Did you try to compare which items offer the bigger discount. Is a 15%
discount necessarily bigger than a 10% discount? Remember that we should buy
wisely and buy things that we need and not what we want. In this module, we’ll try
to help you answer these questions by learning about percentage, rate, and base
including how to solve problems involving percentage, rate and base to help us
become wise buyers.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Find the percentage or rate or percent in a given problem. M6NS-IId-142
2. Solves routine and non-routine problems involving finding the percentage,
rate and base using appropriate strategies and tools. M6NS-IId-143

Learning Objectives/tasks

1. Define percentage, rate and base.

2. Give examples of percent written in fraction form and decimal form.
3. Identify the clue or clue words for percentage, rate and base in a given
problem.
4. Identify the formula for solving percentage, rate or base
5. Solve problems that requires finding the percentage, rate or base.

Pre-test

Read and understand the questions carefully then write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

____ 1. Which is expressed as a number per hundred and often denoted by the
percent (%) sign?
A. amount B. base C. percentage D. rate
____ 2. What is the decimal form of 7 %?
A. 0.7 B. 0.07 C. 0.007 D. 0.0007
____ 3. Which is the percentage in 5% of 120 is 6?
B. 5% B. 120 C. 6 D. 0.05
____ 4. Which of the following is not equal to 50%?

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 A. 0.05 B. ½ C. 50/100 D. 0.5
____ 5. 12% of 100 is equal to 12, which is the base?
A. 12% B. 100 C. 12 D. 0.12
____ 6. What is the fraction form of 25% in lowest term?
A. ½ B. 1/3 C. 25/100 D. ¼
____ 7. 15% of what number is 30?
A. 20 B. 200 C. 30 D. 300
____ 8. Ulysses answered a 50-item test. If he got 70% of the items correctly, what
was his score?
A. 20 B. 30 C. 35 D. 40
____ 9. Jomer have Php 15.00. If this is 30% of Lisa’s money, how much money
does Lisa have?
A. 50 B. 55 C. 60 D. 65
___10. How many hours does Melvin spent reading and answering his module if he
does it for 25% of his day?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 12

Jumpstart

A. Match the terms in column A with its correct definition in column B.

Write the letter of the correct answer.

Column A Column B
____ 1. Percentage a. It refers to the whole part or the total.
____ 2. Rate b. It is an amount, a part or a portion of a
____ 3. Base whole which is obtained by multiplying
a quantity by a percent.

c. It is expressed as a number per hundred

and often denoted by the percent sign
“%”.

B. Write the fraction form or decimal form of the given rates and
vice-versa by completing the table below.

The first one is done for you.

Rate Fraction form Decimal form

4. 5% 0.05
5. 12% 12/100

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 Discover

Study the given set of examples. Observe how the parts of the problems, the
percentage or amount, rate and base were identified.

Hint: Identify first the rate (the easiest), then the base (which represent the total)
and the part which is not the rate or base is the percentage or amount.

Example 1. What is 10% of 60?

Solution: Rate is the ratio of a number to

100. It has the percent “%”
a. What is 10% of 60? symbol or sometimes the word
“percent” beside the number.
Rate
Base represents the total
value/amount. It is preceded by
the word “of”.
b. What is 10% of 60?
Amount/Percentage is the one
that is not a rate or a base. It
Base
represents a part of the base. It is
also accompanied by the word
“is” before or after it.
c. What is 10% of 60?

Percentage / amount

Example 2. 15 is what percent of 20?

Solution:

a. 15 is what percent of 20?

Rate

b. 15 is what percent of 20?

Base

c. 15 is what percent of 20?

Percentage / amount

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Example 3. 25 percent of what number is 16?
Solution:

a. 25 percent of what number is 16?

Rate

b. 25 percent of what number is 16?

Base

c. 25 percent of what number is 16?

Percentage / amount
Take a look at the following formula. They are used to find the percentage
(amount), rate, and base.

A/P = R x B R = A ÷ B x 100 B=A÷R

where:
A/P is the amount or percentage,
R is the rate and
B is the base
Let us try to solve the three previous examples.

1. What is 10 % of 60?
A/P R B

Solution: Amount/Percentage is missing so we use the formula: A/P = R x B.

A/P = R x B
= 10% x 60

a. A/P = R x B = 0.1 x 60 You can change 10%

= 6.0 to its decimal form.
Note:
➢ To change percent to
𝟏𝟎
b. A/P = R x B = x 60 decimal, always move the
𝟏𝟎𝟎
decimal point 2 places to
𝟏𝟎 the left.
= x 60
𝟏𝟎𝟎
ex. 10% = 10 = 0.10 or 0.1
𝟏 You can also change percent to
= x 6 fraction form.
𝟏
Note:
=6 ➢ Percent to fraction

Percent means per 100

10
10% =
100

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2. 15 is what percent of 20?
A/P R B

Solution: Rate is missing so we use the formula R = A ÷ B x 100.

R = A ÷ B x 100 = 15 ÷ 20 x 100

a. You can rewrite 15 ÷ 20 x 100 as

𝟏𝟓 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐𝟎

𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎
=
𝟐𝟎

= 75%

b. You can write 15 ÷ 20 as a fraction

𝟏𝟓
= x 100
𝟐𝟎
then apply cancellation.
𝟏𝟓
= x 100
𝟐𝟎
1

𝟏𝟓𝟎
= = 75%
𝟐
3. 25 percent of what number is 16?
R B A/P

Solution: Base is missing so we use the formula B = A ÷ R.

B = A ÷ R = 16 ÷ 25%.
a. B = A ÷ R = 16 ÷ 0.25 Change 25% to its decimal form.

= 0.25 16 Note:
➢ To change percent to its
0.25 16 decimal form, always
x 100 x 100 move the decimal point 2
places to the left.
= 25 1600
ex. 25% = 25 = 0.25
64
= 25 1600 ➢ When having a decimal
150 divisor, change first the
100 divisor into a whole
100 number by multiplying it
0 with 100 or simply move
the decimal point 2
places to the right.
Therefore: 16 ÷ 0.25 = 64
Do the same to the
dividend.
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 𝟐𝟓
b. B = A ÷ R = 16 ÷ Change the rate (0.25) to fraction
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐𝟓
form .
𝟏𝟎𝟎
➢ Put 1 as denominator of
𝟎.𝟐𝟓
0.25 = .
𝟏
➢ Multiply both numerator
and denominator by 100.
𝟎.𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎.𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟏
x 𝟏𝟎𝟎
=
𝟏𝟎𝟎
=
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟐𝟓
= 16 x Change the divisor to its
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
reciprocal and change the
𝟐𝟓
operation to multiplication.

𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒
= 16 x Simplify = .
𝟏 𝟐𝟓 𝟏

𝟔𝟒
= = 64
𝟏

Explore

A. Directions: Identify percentage/amount, the rate and the base in the given
problems. An example is done for you.

Example: What is 35% of 80 ?

A/P R B

1. What is 20 % of 50?
2. 12 is 25 percent of what number?
3. What percent of 5 is 4?
4. If 15 % of a number is 45, what is the number?
5. 4 % of a number is 20. What is the number?

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B. Classify the following problems if it is looking for the percentage/amount,
rate, or base. Write your answer in the proper column.

1. 150 % of a number is 12. What is the number?

2. If 19 % of a number is 76, what is the number?
3. 25 % of 96.8 is equal to what number?
4. 52 is 13 % of what number?
5. 16 is what percent of 32?

Percentage/Amount Rate Base

Deepen

A. Directions: Identify the parts of the given problems then solve the missing
part. Use the following formulas:

A/P = R x B R = A ÷ B x 100 B=A÷R

where:
A/P is the percentage or amount,
R is the rate and
B is the base

Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided.

____ 1. What is 50 % of 36?

A. 30 B. 18 C. 12 D. 9

____ 2. 5 is 5 % of what number?

A. 500 B. 100 C. 50 D. 25

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 ____ 3. 20 is what percent of 80?
A. 30% B. 25% C. 15% D. 5%

____ 4. 12 percent of 500 is what number?

A. 60 B. 56 C. 48 D. 6

____ 5. 28 of 40 is how many percent?

A. 92% B. 88% C. 70% D. 56%

B. Complete the table by solving for the Percentage/Amount, Rate and Base.

Percentage/Amount Rate Base

1) 20% 75
2) 80% 160
3) Php 328 50%
4) 95% Php 60
5) 30 m2 120 m2

Gauge

A. Directions: Solve the missing part in the given problems in by using the
following formulas.

A/P = R x B R = A ÷ B x 100 B=A÷R

1. What is 20 % of 50?

2. 12 is 25 percent of what number?

3. What percent of 4 is 5?

4. If 12 % of a number is 45, what is the number?

5. 4 percent of a number is 20. What is the number?

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B. Read and understand the problems carefully then solve what is asked.
Write the letter of your answer on the blank.

____ 1. A bracelet contains 50 % gold. If the bracelet weights 30 grams, how

many grams of gold do it contain?
A. 36 g B. 30 g C. 25 g D. 15 g

____ 2. A class is made up of 18 boys and 7 girls. If 8 of them have absences,

how many percent have perfect attendance?
A. 75% B. 68% C. 55 % D. 48 %

____ 3. Melvin sold Php 15 400.00 worth of items. If he is given an incentive of

10%, how much incentive should he received?
A. Php 1 540 B. Php 1 450 C. Php 1 400 D. Php 1 250

____ 4. Rita bought 40 meters of rope. If this is only 20 percent of the total
length of rope that she needs, how long is the rope that she needs?
A. 285 m B. 245 m C. 200 m D. 196 m

____ 5. A pair of shoes has a discount of 15%. If the shoes have a marked price of
Php 2 360.00, how much is the discount?
A. Php 543.00 B. Php 534.00 C. Php 435.00 D. Php 354.0

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A.
1. What is 20 % of 50?
A/P R B
2. 12 is 25 percent of what number?
A/P R B.
3. What percent of 5 is 4?
R B A/P
4. If 15 % of a number is 45, what is the number?
R B is
5. 4% of a number is 20. What is the number?
R B A/P
Explore
B.
Rate Fraction form Decimal form
4) 5% 5/100 0.05
5) 12% 12/100 0.12
A.
1. D 6. D
2. B 7. B
3. C 8. C
4. A 9. A
5. B 10. B
Jumpstart
Answer Key
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A. B.
1. 10 1. D
2. 48 2. B
3. 125% 3. A
4. 375 4. C
5. 500 5. D
Gauge
B.
Percentage/Amount Rate Base
1) 15 20% 75
2) 128 80% 160
3) Php 328 50% 656
4) 57 95% 60
5) 30 m2 25% 120 m2
A.
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C
Deepen
B.
Percentage/Amount Rate Base
25% of 96.8 is equal to what 16 is what percent of 32? 150% of a number is 12.
number? What is the number?
If 19% of a number is 76,
what is the number?
52 is 13 % of what number?
References
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Government of the Philippines. Department of Education. 2016. K to

12 Basic Education Curriculum Guide. Pasig City

Donnel P. Placer, et. Al. 2016. 21st Century MATHletes Teacher’s

Guide. Quezon City, Philippines: Vibal Group Inc.

Marjoseph H. Perez, Donnel P. Placer, Jaime R. Burgos, Arsenio S. Dimaranan. 2016.

21st Century MATHletes. 1253 G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. Vibal
Group, Inc.

Internet

https://newpathworksheets.com

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