Unit 9

Measuring Circumference and

Area of a Circle
An illustration of :
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a man and his son is biking. The wheel of their bike are highlighted. There is a
circular building whose circumference is also highlighted.

There are circular designs in a floor of school building. Highlight the circular
designs.

What are the father and son doing? How many times do you think they need to go around
the oval to cover a distance of 5 kilometers? How big is the circular design on the floor? How
will you get the area of this region?
We seldom appreciate objects with circular shapes around us. This unit will allow us to
see some properties of circles that will enable us to solve real life problem. It has 10 lessons that
will help you to gain skill in calculating the circumference and area of circular objects.
After going through this unit, you are expected to :
Content Standard: demonstrate understanding of circumference and area of circles
Performance Standard: apply knowledge of circumference and area of circles in mathematical
problems and real-life situations.
How does this unit link with the lessons you learned in the previous grade?
What lessons in the past link with this unit?
In the previous grades, you learned how to
visualize, measure, derive the formula and find the perimeter and area of some plane
figures such as triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelogram, and trapezoids.
solve and create routine and non-routine problems involving perimeter and area of
some plane figures.
The skills you learned in these previous lesson/s will be needed in understanding this unit on
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measuring circumference and area of circles.

Pre-Assessment
Test your knowledge and skills your have learned in the past to assess your readiness to this unit.
1. How do we get the perimeter of any plane figure?
a. Add the length of all the sides of the plane figure.

b. Divide the length of all the sides of the plane figure.

c. Subtract the length of all the sides of the plane figure.
d. Multiply the length of all the sides of the plane figure.
2. Mang Renato put a fence around his lot as shown in the figure below. How long were the
fencing materials that he used?
A. 244 m
B. 187 m
45 m
C. 199 m
25 m
D. 142 m
20 m

20 m

15 m

17 m

3. What is the perimeter of the signpost on the right that is a regular pentagon?
A. 35 dm
B. 30 dm
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C. 25 dm
D. 20 dm
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4. Rommel made a kite that is a regular octagon. He put a lace around the sides of his kite.
How long was the lace he used if a side measured 55 cm?
A. 495 cm
B. 440 cm
C. 385 cm
D. 330 cm
5. What is the least number of squares that must be added to the figure below to form a
square?
A. 8
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5
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6. How will you describe the area of the parallelograms in the figure?

A.
B.
C.
D.

All parallelograms have the same area.

All parallelograms have different area.
Parallelogram A has the same area as that of B.
Parallelogram A has the same area as that of C.

7. Which of the statement describes the formula for the area of triangle?
A. Multiply the base and height of the triangle.
B. Multiply the base and height of the triangle and divide it by .
C. Get the product of the base and height of the triangle and multiply it by 2.
D. Get the product of the base and height of the triangle and multiply it by .
8. A foreman uses a parallelogram shaped roof that has a breadth a height of 10 m by 9 m. If
he buys 12 roofs, what is the area covered by the the roofs?
A. 1080 m2
B. 1060 m2
C. 540 m2
D. 90 m2
9. Estimate the area of each figure. Which of them has the smallest area?

10. What is the height of the parallelogram whose area is 168 cm2 and a base of 12 cm?

A. 14 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 7 cm
D. 6 cm
Evaluate your existing knowledge and skills by checking your test with reference to the
answer key provided by the teacher.
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Compute your percentage of correct answers. What does your percentage score tell you?
Percentage Score
At least 75% correct

At least 50% correct

Interpretation
Congratulations! You have
the mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and
skills of the new unit.
Good! You are nearing
mastery of the pre-requisite
knowledge and skills of the
new unit.
Sorry! You have not mastered
the pre-requisite knowledge
and skills of the new unit.

Below 50% correct

Action to Take
You may proceed to
learning this unit.
You need to find related
exercises from the internet
and answer them to master
the same concepts and skills
tested and be confident to
learn from this new unit.
You need to ask help to
understand each of the
items you missed in the test
then reinforce your
understanding by looking
for related exercises from
the internet and answer
them to master the same
concepts and skills tested
and be confident to learn
from this new unit.

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