Lesson 12: Learning Competency: Solves Multi-Step Problems Involving
Lesson 12: Learning Competency: Solves Multi-Step Problems Involving
Concept:
In solving word problems let us consider the following steps:
1. Understand
2. Plan
3. Solve
4. Check
Example:
How many centavos are there in Php123.50?
Understand
a. What is asked?
The number of centavos in Php123.50
b. What are the given facts?
Php123.50
Plan
What operations shall we use to solve the problem? Select your
own strategy.
Php1.00 = 100 cents
Multiply: Php123.50 x 100
Solve
Show your computation.
Php123.50 x Php1.00
= 123.50 x 100 cents (Substituting 100 cents for Php1.00)
= 12, 350 cents (Multiply 123.50 x 100)
Read, analyze and solve the following problems below. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1. Raul helps his father feed the chicken in their poultry farm. For
the daily feeding ratio, he gives 10.75 kg of laying mash and 15.75 kg
of growing mash to the broilers and layers. How many kg does he use
in one week?
2. Joy wanted to make 6 garden plots. What is the area of the whole
plot if one plot is 3.67 m long and 2.54 m wide?
3. Nelson earns P20.25 for selling newspaper and P8.00 for fetching
water. If he earns this amount every day, how much would he earn in
5 days?
5. Jane practices her piano lesson for 2.75 hours in the morning and
2.25 hours in the afternoon. How many hours does she spend
practicing in 5 days?
7. Danny and Oscar helped their father prepare their rice field for
planting. Each day, Danny worked for 3.15 hours while Oscar worked
8. A farm lot is 45.85 m long and 25.5 m wide. How much will Mr.
Yarra pay for the entire lot if one square meter costs P330.50?
9. Helen had a P500 bill. She paid for 2 t-shirts which altogether
costs P199.95 and 3 handkerchiefs at P45.50 per piece. How much
change did she receive?
10. Luis had P3, 137.50 deposited in the bank. He withdrew P850 to
buy a pair of shoes. Two days after, he deposited P1, 150. How much
was his total deposit?