Learning Task No. 3
Directions: Read the problems carefully and determine what element is missing. Write your
answer on the blank before each number. Choose your answer below.
Rate
Percentage
Base
1. In a 50-item test, Nestor got 95% correctly. How many correct answers did he get?
2. A refrigerator marked P7,200 was sold at a 12% discount. How much was the
discount?
3. A family with an income of P3,500 spends P2, 100 for food. What percent of the
income is spent for food?
4. Leo saved 30% of his monthly earnings. If he saved P4000 a month, how much wa
his earnings?
5. If Justin scored 75% on a 20-item test, how many points did he get?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. 45
2. 86.4
3. 3%
4.4000000
5. 15
Rate is the given percent or it is the number followed by a % sign in the given problem.
Base is the whole or total number of which you take the percent.
Percentage is a part of a whole. It is the resulting fractional part of a whole.
Example: 45 is 30% of 150.
Rate - 30% Base - 150 Percentage - 45. ayn po meaning
2.Percentage
3.Rate
5.Percentage