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Module
51

MATH
SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING
COMMISSION

A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
 To the Learner

Good morning! We have just finished solving word problems

involving percent change. And now we have to move on solving word
problems involving commission.

Let’s Learn This

In this module, you will learn what commission is; apply the
concept of commission to real-life situations and solve problems
involving commission.

Let’s Try This

Read and understand the problem below.

Then write your answer on the blank.

A salesperson’s commission rate in 20%. What is

the commission from the sale of 12,500 pesos
worth of refrigerator?

What’s your answer? Check your answer from the given answer
key.

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 Let’s Study This

Mr. Santos wants to sell the lot he inherited for 1 million pesos.
How much commission would a sales agent gets if he is entitled to a
5% commission? How much is the net price of the lot?

Solution: To solve for the commission, use this formula.

Commission = commission rate x sales

= 5% x 1,000,000 pesos
= .05 x 1,000,000

= 50,000 pesos commission of the agent

1,000,000 – 50,000 pesos = 950,000.00 is the net price of the lot.

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 Another example:

Rey’s commission rate is 10%. What is his commission on sales of

576,800.00 pesos?

Solution:
Commission = 10% x 576,800.00 pesos
= .10 x 576,800.00 pesos
= 57,680.00 pesos

Let’s Do This

Compute the commission.

1. Rate of commission: 10%

Total sales: 35,000 pesos
Commission:

2. Rate of commission: 20%

Total sales: 160,000 pesos
Commission:

3. Rate of commission: 21%

Total sales: 290,000 pesos
Commission:

4. Rate of commission: 12%

Total sales: 42,500 pesos
Commission:

5. Rate of commission: 15%

Total sales: 210,000 pesos
Commission:

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 Let’s Do More

Complete the table below.

Commission Rate Total Sales Commission

1. 15% 35,000,00 pesos
2. 45% 240,000 pesos
3. 13% 110,000,000
4. 17% 230,000,000
5. 5% 123,000
6. 10% 210,000,000
7. 12% 4,890,000

Let’s Remember This

Commission is a percentage of the total sales or amount

received for a business transaction.

Commission rate is the percent used to determine the
commission. We can apply the formula P = R x B in solving
problems involving commissions, where P represents the
commission, R is the commission rate and B the total sales or
amount.

To find the total sales when the net proceeds and the
commission rate are known, find the percent of the net
proceeds by subtracting the commission rate from 100%, and
dividing the net proceeds by their difference (percent in
decimal form).

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 Let’s Test Ourselves

A. Find the commission.

1. Rate of commission: 8%
Total sales: 2,500 pesos
Commission:

2. Rate of commission: 11%

Total sales: 30,000 pesos
Commission:

3. Rate of commission: 23%

Total sales: 95,000 pesos
Commission:

B. Complete the table below.

Commission Total Sales Commission

1. 15% 355,000 pesos

2.35% 9,900,000 pesos

C. Solve. Write your answer on the blank provided.

1. Marco sells newspaper and he’s given 15% commission of his

total sales. If he collected 935.75 pesos, how much was his
commission?

2. A lawyer won a case of a client who inherited some properties.

How much commissions will he get of he is given 20% of the
15,000,000.00 worth of assets?

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 3. What is the commission made on a sale worth 2,250 pesos with
an 8% commission rate?

4. What is the commission rate on a sale worth 9,000 with a

commission of 540 pesos?

5. Find the commission rate on a total sale of 7,500 pesos and

commission of 750 pesos.

Let’s Consider This

Kindly check your answers. Refer your answers from the answer
key given.

What is your score?

If your score is 8-10, proceed to the next module.

If your score is 5-7, do the “Let’s Enrich This.”

If your score is below 5, review the whole module.
Good Luck!

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 Let’s Enrich
Ourselves

A. Compute the commission.

Commission Rate Total Sales Commission

1. 13% 99,000 pesos

2. 20% 3,500,000 pesos
3. 15% 25,600 pesos

B. Solve the given problems.

1. A sales agent is entitled to a 12% commission on all his sales. If

he was able to sell 450,000 pesos worth of goods, how much
commission would he get?

2. Solve for the total sales of a product if a salesperson earned a

commission of 1,200 pesos at a 4% of commission rate?

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 Answer Key

Let’s Try This

Answer: 12,500 pesos x .20 = 2,500 pesos

Let’s Do This

1. 3,500 pesos

2. 32,000 pesos

3. 60,900 pesos

4. 5,100 pesos

5. 31,500 pesos

Let’s Do More

1. 5,250,000 pesos

2. 108,000 pesos

3. 14,300,000 pesos

4. 39,100,000 pesos

5. 6,150 pesos

6. 21,000,000 pesos

7. 586,800 pesos

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Let’s Test Ourselves
A. B.

1. 200 pesos 1. 53,250 pesos

2. 3,300 pesos 2. 3,465,000 pesos
3. 21,850 pesos

C.

1. 140.40 pesos
2. 3,100,000 pesos
3. 180 pesos
4. 6%
5. 10%

Let’s Enrich Ourselves

A. 1. 12,870 pesos
2. 700,000 pesos
3. 3,840 pesos

B. 1. 54,000
2. 30,000

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