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Module
62

MATH
SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING
ELECTRICITY AND WATER CONSUMPTION

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

How are you today? You’ve learned already how to read and
interpret electricity and water readings. Hope you enjoy computing the
electricity and water consumption using kilowatt-hour and cubic meter
units respectively.

Let’s Learn This

This learning module deals with Solving Word Problems Involving

Electricity and Water Consumption. This is to test your ability and
skills to analyze and solve one or two steps word problem.
So, it is expected that after the activities and exercises you should
be able to:

Analyze and solve word problems involving electricity and water
consumption.

Follow the steps in solving a word problem.

Let’s Try This

The electric meter reading last month was 7,621 kwh. The
present reading is 8,347 kwh. How much electricity was consumed in
one month?

1.) What is asked?

2.) What are the needed data?
3.) What operation is to be used?

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 4.) What is the number sentence?
5.) What is the solution?
6.) What is the complete answer?

Let’s Study This

Read and analyze the problems.

1. The previous water reading at Dindo’s residence was 3475 m³,

the following month the reading was 4658 m³. How much water
was consumed in one month?

Understand What is asked?

 How much water was consumed in one month?
 What are given?
 3475 m³ previous reading; 4658 m³ present reading

Plan
What operation will be used?
-Subtraction
What is the mathematical sentence?
4658 – 3475 = n

Solve What is the solution?

4658
– 3475
1183

What is the complete answer?

Dindo’s residence consumed 1183 m³ of water in one
month.

Check Is your answer correct?

Yes. Checking: 1183
+3475
4658

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2. Last month the water reading was 1342 m³. The following month
it was 1395 m³. If the basic charge of cubic meter is P2.62, how
much will one pay?

Understand a. What is asked?

How much will be paid for one month water
consumption?
b. What are the given facts?
 1342 m³ previous reading; 1395 m³ present
reading
 P2.62 basic change per cubic meter
c. What is the hidden question?
 How much water was consumed in one month?
d. What is the number phrase for the hidden question?
1395 – 1342 = n

Plan a. What operations will be used?

 Subtraction, multiplication
b. What is the mathematical sentence?
(1395 – 1342) x P2.62 = n

Solve Step I Step II

1395 P2.62
-1342 x 53
53 786
1310
P 138.86

What is the complete answer?

 In one month, one will pay P 138.86.

Check Is your answer correct? Yes.

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 Let’s Do This

Read the problem and solve.

On august, the electric meter reading was 3411 kwh. The next
month, the reading was 3619 kw.h. How much electricity was
consumed?

1. What is asked? ______________

2. What are given? ______________
3. What operation will be used? ______________
4. What is the number sentence? _____________
5. What is the solution? ______________
6. What is the answer? _______________

Let’s Do More

Analyze the problem and complete each statement below.

A swimming pool measures 12 meters long, 10 meters wide
and 1.5 meters deep. At P2.75 per cubic meter, how much will it
cost to fill the pool with water?

1. The problem asks _________________

2. The given facts are ________________
3. The hidden question is ____________
4. The answer of the hidden question is _______________
5. The operation to be used is _______________
6. The number sentence is ________________
7. The solution is ________________
8. The answer is ________________

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 Let’s Remember This

 To find the electric and water consumption, subtract

the past reading from the present reading.

 There are basic steps in solving problem.

1. Understand and analyze the problem.
- Know what is asked.
- Know what are the important facts.
2. Divide or plan for the solution.
- First know the hidden question/questions.
- Know the operation to be used.
- Write the mathematical sentence.
3. Carry out the plan and check.
- Find out if you answered the problem correctly.

Let’s Test Ourselves

A. Read and answer the questions.

Mrs. Ramos water bill shows that the present reading is

0.749m³ and the previous reading was 0.694 m³. How many
cubic meters of water were used within the billing period?

1. What is asked? ______________

2. What are given? ______________

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 3. What operation will be used? ______________
4. What is the mathematical sentence? _____________
5. What is the solution? _____________
6. What is the answer? _______________

B. Read and answer the following questions.

A rectangular swimming pool 8m long, 7m wide and 2m deep

is filled with water.

7. How many cubic meters are needed to fill it?

8. Before the pool was filled with water, the water meter reads at
3804 m³. What was the water meter reading after the pool was
filled with water?

Let’s Consider This

 If you got 6 and above, Very Good! Proceed to the next module.
 If your score is 4 to 5, answer the next exercise.
 If you got 3 and below, review the whole module.

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 Let’s Enrich
Ourselves

Read the problem and complete each statement below.

Last month the electric meter reading was 6452 kwh. This
month the reading was 8328 kwh. If electricity costs P3.40 per kwh,
how much will one pay?

1. The problem asks _______________

2. The given facts are _______________
3. The hidden question is ________________
4. The operations to be used are __________________
5. The number sentence is __________________
6. The solution is _________________
7. The answer is _________________

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 Answer Key

Let’s Try This

1. How much electricity was consumed in one month?

2. 7621 kwh previous reading, 8347 kwh present reading.
3. Subtraction
4. 8347 – 7621 = n
5. 8347
-7621
726 kwh

6. The electricity consumed in one month is 726 kwh.

Let’s Do This

1. How much electricity was consumed?

2. 3411 kwh previous reading, 3619 kwh present reading
3. Subtraction
4. 3619 – 3411 = n
5. 3619
-3411
208 kwh
6. The answer is 208 kwh

Let’s Do More

1. The amount or cost to fill the pool with water.

2. 12m; 10; 1.5; measurement of pool; P2.75 cost per cubic meter.
3. How much water needed to fill the pool?
4. 180m³
5. Multiplication
6. 180 x P2.75 = n or ( 12 x 10 x 1.5 ) x P2.75 = n
7. 180
x P2.75
P495.00

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 8. The answer is P495.00

Let’s Test Ourselves

1. How many cubic meters of water were used within the billing
period?
2. 0.749m³ present reading; 0.694m³ previous reading.
3. Subtraction
4. 0.749 – 0.694 = n

5. 0.749
-0.694
0.055m³

6. The answer is 0.055m³

B.
7. 112m³
8. 3916m³

Let’s Enrich Ourselves

1. The amount to pay for the electricity consumed.

2. 6452 kwh, 8328 kwh, P3.40 per kwh.
3. How much electricity consumed in a month?
4. Subtraction, Multiplication.
5. ( 8328 – 6452 ) x P3.40 = n

6. Step I Step II
8328 1876
-6452 xP3.40
1876 kwh P6, 378.40

7. The answer is P6, 378.40.

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