Business Mathematics - Week 3 (Aug 19-23)
Business Mathematics - Week 3 (Aug 19-23)
STA. ROSA
MET NUMBER: 3
LESSON: Kind of Proportion
PREREQUISITE CONTENT-KNOWLEDGE: Solving Problems involving Fractions to Decimals and Percent and Vice Versa
PREREQUISITE SKILL:
INTRODUCTION:
OVERVIEW
Do you know that the concept of proportion is very useful in every real-life situation especially in business? We can
apply proportion to know and compare the price of every item sold in the market, or a piece of share in an inheritance
and many others.
An equation showing two ratios that are equal is called a proportion. It can be written in two ways:
2. Inverse or Indirect Proportion. It is the relationship between two variables when their product is equal to a constant
value. Say, 𝑦 is inversely proportional to x when the equation takes the form: 𝑦 = 𝑘/𝑥, where k is the constant term, or
k=x*y. This means that the two values x and y are inversely or indirectly proportional to each other, such that if x
increases then y decreases or if x decreases, y increases.
Example:
3 persons vs 6 persons: 1-day vs 2 days. This can be written as 3:6 = 1:2.
The number of persons needed to do the work is inversely proportional to the number of days needed to finish the
work. Since the number of persons needed to do the job increases, the number of working days should decrease
3. Partitive Proportion. A whole is divided into parts that is proportioned into equal or unequal ratios.
Karen wants to donate her collection of figurines to her four friends in the ratio of 1:3:3:5. She has a total of 96 figurines.
If her best friend wants the greatest number of figurines, how many figurines will she get? Take a look on this ratio:
Friend A: Friend B: Friend C: Friend D = 1:3:3:5
In the problem, the total number of figurines is partitioned or divided into unequal ratio of 1:3:3:5, thus making use of
partitive proportions.
SYNTHESIS
What have you learned?
1. A ratio is between two numbers or measurement.
2. In the proportion 3:5 = 6:10, the means are and
3. In direct proportion, if one variable increases the other variable
4. A number is inverse proportionate to another when one variable decreases, the other variable
ASSESSMENT
Direction: Choose the letter of the following real - life situations and problems that illustrates direct, inverse and
partitive proportion. Write your answer on the second column.
a. A school buys 4 gallons of juice for 50 kids. How many gallons do they need for 75 kids?
b. Assuming they work at the same rate, how long will it take 2 housekeepers to clean an entire house if it takes 4 days
for 8 housekeepers to clean it?
c. If one US dollar is equivalent to ₱49 pesos, how much is 50 US dollars if converted to peso?
d. Amidst the community quarantine, Richard wants to donate 400 sacks of rice to the residents of barangay San Jose,
Fatima and Calumpang in the ratio of ____________________________.
e. 1:3:2. Three men How can many sacks of finish doing rice the will interior barangay designing Fatima of a receive?
house in 3 weeks. How many men are needed to finish the interior designing in a week?
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