BusinessMath Answer Key
BusinessMath Answer Key
ACTIVITY 1
1. Ronda invested P30,000 in an account that earns an interest rate of 5% per year. How
3. Annaliza wants to put her savings in a trust fund that offers a simple interest rate of 2% per year. If she
decides to invest P500,000 for 3 years, how much interest will she earn?
I =( 500,000 ) ( 0.02 )( 3 )
I =30,000
5. A millionaire invested his money in two banks. He invested P 30,000,000 in Bank A, which offers 6%
interest, compounded semi-annually. He also invested P40,000,000 in Bank B, which offers 7% interest,
compounded yearly Which of the two investment will have a greater yield in 3 years? Justify your answer.
Php1,563,858,480.00
Step 1: Initial Investment Php 30,000,000 Amount of money that you have available to invest initially.
Step 2: Contribute Monthly Contribution Php 40,000,000 Amount that you plan to add to the principal every
month, or a negative number for the amount that you plan to withdraw every month. Length of Time in Years
Step 3: Interest Rate Estimated Interest Rate 6 % Your estimated annual interest rate. Interest rate variance
range 7 % Range of interest rates (above and below the rate set above) that you desire to see results for.
Step 4: Compound It Compound Frequency
ACTIVITY 2 COMMISSION
1. Christopher has a monthly commission plan where he receives 2% commission on all his sales for the month.
If the sales exceeds 40,000, a bonus of 1% of everything over 40,000 is given to him. For sales more than
80,000, an additional 1% of everything over 80,000 is received. How much is his total commission during a
40 000 X 0.02=800
40 000 X 0.01=400
16 500 X 0.01=165
Therefore, his total grosspay is Php 800 + Php 400 + Php 165 = Php 1,035
3. Maine makes a base monthly salary of Php 9,000 and gets 10% of everything she sells. If Maine got a total salary
of Php 12000 for the month, how much is the worth of items did she sell?
12 000−9000=3,000
3 000 X 0.10=300
1. B. Commissions
2. C. Rate
3. B. Commissions
Solution :
1 800+8500=10,300
8. Commission A. Php630.00
Solution :
21 000 X 0.03=630
11. 3% on sales …
Solution:
His Commission
His Override
3 750
+ 5 000
18750
18750
+ 15 000
23750
Solution :
Jan’s gross earning is Php 18 000 + Php 5 500 + Php 3 805 + Php 5 000 = Php 32 305