Lesson 57 Defining Percentage, Rate or Percent and Base
Lesson 57 Defining Percentage, Rate or Percent and Base
P 2
R B 20% 1
If you were Rafaela will you also keep materials for the future? Why?
A.Let the pupils work in pair. Each
pair works on every station
simultaneously. Each of them will
check their answers and present
their output.
Station 1: 5 is what percent of 50
What is the rate? ______
Station 2: 40% of 60 is what?
What is the percentage? _______
Station 3: 16 is 25% of 64
The base is ________
Station 4: 15% of total sales is P 8
910.
The rate is _________
Station 5: 43% of 150 is 64.5
Let the class the class check their
answers by pairs and present their
outputs one at a
time. After all pairs have presented,
ask “What is the meaning of
percentage? Rate?
Base? How will you determine the
Say: The percentage is the portion of the
whole based on the rate. It is usually
followed
By the word “is”. The rate is the percent
of the whole. It has the percent symbol
The base is the whole we are talking (%).
about. It is written after the word “of”
or the phrase “percent of”.
Summarizing the Lesson
What is the meaning of percentage? Rate?Base?
Percentage is a part of a whole. It is
the resulting fractional part of the
base. Rate is the number written with
the word “percent” or with the symbol
“%”. Base is the total or whole and it
is the number that usually follows the
phrase “percent of” or “% of”.
Assessment:
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. When one finds what percent one number is of another, we looks for
the______.
a. base b. rate c. percentage d. ratio
2. Finding a number when a percent of it is known means solving for the
_______
a. base b. proportion c. percentage d. ratio
3. 16 is 25% of 64. The percentage in the problem is __________.
a.16 b. 64 c.25% d. 41
4. Two of the 50 pieces of tomatoes in the basket are rotten. This is 4% of
all the tomatoes In the basket. Which is the rate?
a. 50 b. 4% c. 2 d. 48
5. Seven of the 35 boys in the class wear eyeglasses. 20% of the boys wear
Home Activity
Identify the R, B, and P in the following
statements:
1. 180% of 200 is 360
2. 35% of 90 is 31.5
3. P100 is 4% of P2 500
4. 20% of 50 is 10