Solving Routine and

Non-Routine
Problems
WEEK 7-DAY 1
Review #1: Let’s Find product of 3/9 and 27.
Product
multiply

3 81
𝑥 27=¿
9 ❑9
Copy the
denominator

Express to
simplest term
Review #2: ½ x ¾ = N
Multiply numerator by numerator

1 3 ❑ 3
2
𝑥
4 ¿❑
8
Multiply denominator by denominator
Directions: Read and Solve the problem
below.
Joey spent 16 years of his life
studying from elementary to college. He
spent 𝟑/𝟖 of this length of time in
college. How many years did he spend
in college?
To solve the above problems, follow the four-
step plan (Understand, Plan, Solve and
Check).
Do It!
1) A class of 40 pupils. 2/5 of them are
boys. How many are girls?

2) Rene had Php 960. He spent 1/3 of

his money on food. How many were
left to him?
You had 480 apples for sale. You
sold 3/5 of them. How many were
left?
 Product
multiply

3
𝑥 480=¿
1440
5 ❑
5
Copy the
denominator

Express to
simplest term
You had 480 apples for sale. You
sold 3/5 of them. How many were
left?

480 – 288 = 192 apples were left

Ask:
What are routine and non-routine
problems?
1. Routine problems that are useful for daily
living

2. Non-routine problems which are mostly

concerned with developing mathematical
reasoning and fostering an understanding
that mathematics is a creative endeavor.
Read and solve each simple problem.
Then write your answer on your
notebook.
1.) Find the product of 2/5 and 3/4.
2.) Two fifth of the worker in a factory
are men. The rest are women. If there
are 28 men, how many more women
than men are there?
Solving Routine and
Non-Routine
Problems
WEEK 7-DAY 2
Study carefully, the sample non-routine
problem below:
CJ, LV and DJ are best friends and
classmates in Math subject. Their teacher in Math
gave a surprised quiz. CJ got 1 2 correct answers
out 10 items, LV got 3 points higher of CJ’s scores
while DJ got a scores of 2 less that the scores of
LV. What is the score of DJ? What is the score of
LV? If their scores will be sum up, what will be the
total scores?
Problem: DJ and LV scores during their Math quiz
Total scores: added together CJ, LV and DJ
Consider the other example:

Little Enzo has collected 90

pieces of animal toy last year.
He would like to give part of his
toys to a charity and keep one
toy each day for his cousins.
a) What is asked?
Number of animal toy at the end of five days
Enzo have.

b) What are given?

· 90= number of animal toy Enzo collected
 N= part his toys for charity
Consider the following conditions in finding the answer.
Do it!
1. James’ house is 3/4 km from the school.
He had already biked 𝟐/𝟑 of that distance
when one of his tires went flat. What part of a
kilometer had he biked?

2. Mark had 𝟓/𝟔 of a liter of paint. He used

𝟒/𝟓 of it to paint the door. How much paint did
Mark use?
 Answer the given problem.
A sari-sari store sells 1,530 bottles of soda
in a month. If a bottle costs Php. 15 , how
much is the sale of the sari-sari store in a
month?

Total sales= 1530 bottles x ₱ 15/bottle

Total sales= 1530 x ₱ 15
Total sales= ₱ 22,950.00
Ask:
What are routine and non-routine
problems?
1. Routine problems that are useful for daily
living

2. Non-routine problems which are mostly

concerned with developing mathematical
reasoning and fostering an understanding
that mathematics is a creative endeavor.
Solve the following problems to unlock the hidden
word. Choose the letter of the correct answer from
the big rectangle box then write it on the small
square boxes below.
1) Janine had two 7-meter pieces of ribbon. She
used 𝟓/𝟕 of the ribbon for her sash. How many
meters of ribbon was left?
2) A man weighing 75 kg can pull a maximum load of
1 𝟑/𝟓 times his weight. How heavy is the maximum
load that he can pull?
3) There are 50 pupils in Mr. Borela’s class. Three-
fifths of them are girls. If 7/10 of the girls are
members of Math Club, how many girls are not
members of the club?
4) On average, a box turtle lives 1 𝟑/𝟓 times
longer than a human being. If the average life
span of a human being is 80 years, what is the
average life span of a box turtle?
5) A square plot 6 ½ m long is covered with
Bermuda grass. The plot is surrounded by a
cemented path 1/2 m wide. What is the area
enclosed by the cemented path?
Solving Routine and
Non-Routine
Problems
WEEK 7-DAY 3
Review:

The distance around the oval track is

160 m. If Kent ran around the track 1/2
times, how far did he run?

Answer: He runs ________ meters

around the oval track.
Read and analyze the example problem below.
Observe the steps to solve the problem.

Aling Rena prepare food for incoming fiesta

of their barrio. She allotted budget of ₱3,500. 00 for
the food that she will cook. . She allots 4/7 for
purchasing vegetables and 2/7 for fish and the rest
is for meat. How much money did she spend for
vegetables, fish and meat?
Understand the Problem:
a) What is asked? The amount she spend for
vegetables, fish and meat.

b) What are the givens facts? Budget is

₱ 3,500.00, 4/7 for vegetables, 2/7 for fish,

c) Solve the hidden given.

Plan:
What operation to be used? An illustration
bellow can help you to understand the
problem.
To solve and check:
Analyze and solve the following problem. Use block
model or by computation in solving this word
problem. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. 10 flowers were picked form the garden of it
were yellow. How 5 many are not yellow?

2. The special science class had their

performance task in English. If the teacher
grouped the class into 7 pupils and 2/7 of it are
boys, how many are boys?
Answer the given problem.

Jona baked cakes every weekend. Each day

during the week she took 13 cakes to office
to share it with her officemates. How many
had she baked for 3 weeks?
To solve routine and non-routine problems
involving multiplication without or with the
addition or subtraction of fractions and
whole numbers using appropriate problem-
solving strategies and tools, follow the four-
step plan: (a) __________,
(b) ___________ , (c) ___________, and
(d) ____________.
 Multiplying
fractions by its
Reciprocal
WEEK 7-DAY 4
Review:

A garden plot is 6/9 m wide and 9 m long.

What is the area of the plot in square
meters?

Answer: The area of the garden plot is

________ square meters.
How do we multiply fractions?

 By multiplying the numerator by

numerator.

 By multiplying the denominator by

denominator.
Let us journey together how will it be easier
to us to get the reciprocal of a given fraction.
Let us recall the identity property of
multiplication. Remember, that when we
multiply a number by 1, the answer is always
the number;
Like:
5 x 1 = 5,
10 x 1 = 10,
29 x 1 = 29,
1234 x 1 = 1234
The same is also true if we multiply a
fraction by 1, the answer is the given
fraction;
What number will be multiplied to get a
product of 1?
Like 5 x N = 1, what will be the value of N
that when multiplied to 5 will give a product
of 1.
Let see: 5 x 𝟏/𝟓 = 1

What do you call 𝟏/𝟓?

1/5 is what we call the reciprocal or
multiplicative inverse of 5.
How do we get the reciprocal of a
fraction?
To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just
flip it upside down or get the inverse
of the fraction. The reciprocal of a
fraction is also called its multiplicative
inverse.
Example:

What is reciprocal of ?

Let’s multiply the given fraction and its reciprocal.

Another example:

Find the reciprocal of 3/2 and multiply

the given fraction by its reciprocal.
Reciprocal =

𝟑 𝟐 𝟔
𝒙 = =𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 𝟔
Observe the following:

Do you see a
pattern? What is the
product when a
fraction or a number
is multiplied by its
reciprocal?
Yes! The product of a fraction or a number
multiplied by its reciprocal is always 1. That
is why the reciprocal of a number is also
called its multiplicative inverse.
 Give the reciprocal of the given fractions
below. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. 𝟖 3. 𝟕
𝟔 𝟐
𝟖
2. 4.
𝟐 𝟏
𝟕 5. 𝟓
𝟐
What is the reciprocal of the
product of 3/5 and 2/5?

Answer:
Reciprocal or 3/5 is 5/3
Reciprocal of 2/5 is 5/2
How to get the reciprocal of a
fraction?

The reciprocal of a fraction is

found by inverting the fraction.
These are the numerator and
denominator are interchanged.
Make the statement true: Use the number given inside
the rectangle that will give a product of 1. Number can be
repeated. Write your answer in your notebook.
 Multiplying
fractions by its
Reciprocal
WEEK 7-DAY 5
Review:
What is the reciprocal of 3
over 8?

Answer: 8 over 3
Do you know how to convert mixed
fraction to improper fraction?
For Example:
+2 Multiply the denominator to the

2 whole number and add the

product to the numerator and
x 4 copy the denominator of the
10 given fraction.

4
Do you know how to get the find the reciprocal
of a mixed fraction?

Let’s find out!

 To find the reciprocal of a
mixed number, change the
mixed number to improper
fraction.
The reciprocal of:

Let’s multiply the improper fraction

to its reciprocal:
Another example:

Find the reciprocal of 3 ½ and multiply the

fraction and its reciprocal.

1 7 2
3 = =
2 2 7
 1 7 2 14
3 = 𝑥 = 𝑜𝑟 1
2 2 7 14
To find the reciprocal of a whole number,
change the whole number to fraction form.
Another Example:

Find the reciprocal of 8 and multiply the

given number by its reciprocal.

Reciprocal of 8 is 1/8

8 1 8
8= 𝒙 = =1
1 8 8
Give the reciprocal of the given
fractions below. Write your answer in
your notebook.
1. 2 3/6
2. 4 ½
3. 6 4/5
4. 11
5. 9
Find the reciprocal of 5 1/3 and
12.

Reciprocal of 5 1/3 is 3/16.

Reciprocal of 12 is 1/12.
 Reciprocals represent two numbers whose
product is one. Multiplying a fraction by its
reciprocal gives the product of 1. To find the
reciprocal of a mixed number, change the mixed
number to improper fraction. To find the
reciprocal of a whole number, change the whole
number to fraction form. To find the reciprocal of
a proper fraction or improper fraction, simply a
matter of transposing the numerator and the
denominator.
Directions: Fill in the blank with a number which
will make the statement true. Write your answers in
your activity notebook.
Thank you for
listening!