Lesson 7

Deriving a Formula in Finding the Area of a Circle

Elicit
Look at the circles below and try to get its area in square units.
(Illustrate these 2 circles in a square grid. 1. A circle with radius of 2 units. 2. A
circle with radius 4 units.)
What is the area of each circle? What did you do to get the area?

Pause & Answer

How well do I know this idea?
How prepared am I to move further to this lesson?

Engage
A rotunda is any building with a circular ground plan. One examples of
this is the Araneta Coliseum located at Quezon City. It occupies about 40000 square
meters of land area.
(Put a picture of Araneta Coliseum top view. The circular structure of the dome should
be seen.)
Can we also use the method that we learned to get the area of this dome? How did
the architect of this building get its floor area?

Pause & Answer

What do I want to know about the formula to get the area of a circle?
What do I want to learn this?

Explore
This time lets create a method to get the area of the circle a lot easier.
Imagine a circular pizza divided into 8 equal parts.
Lets rearrange and place the parts in this way, as shown below.
Illustrate a
pizza that is
divided into 8
equal parts.)
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And if we divide the circle further

into smaller parts, this is how it will look
like.
What kind of figure is formed? The parts of a circle form a figure whose shape is
close to that of a parallelogram.
Do you still remember the formula to get the area of a parallelogram?
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b
r

The formula to get the area of a parallelogram is base height. This is the same as
the area of the circle.
Area of circle = Area of rectangle
Area of circle =
Lets replace the circumference of the circle by

What now is the formula for the area of a circle?

Area of circle =

Elaborate
Do the following directions.
1. Cut out a circle with 12 cm diameter.
2. Divide the circle into four equal parts.
3. Assemble the pieces so that they form a figure that looks like a parallelogram.
4. Divide further each part into 2 equal parts. Rearrange again the pieces to form
a figure like a parallelogram.
5. Do the same procedure, until the circle is divided into 32 equal parts.

Explain
Below are the ideas you should have learned about this lesson. Can you explain
each one of them with one of your classmates? Check those you understood well and
cross out those where you need further explanation.
1. The easier method to get the area of a circle is by using a formula.
2. The circle when divided into small parts and rearranged can be made into a
parallelogram.
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3. The formula for the area of a circle is r2.

What happens to the figure as the number of equal parts increases? How will the figure
look like, if the circle is further divided into 64? 128?

Enrich
Surf the internet or look for other sources like books, magazines, journals, audio visual
materials, tablets and computer applications. Look for more information and exercises about the
lesson that you have just learned. You may also refer to the CD provided for this subject. Provide
the following information taken from your source.
What information did you get?
Where did you get this information?
What exercises did you find? In what website did you get them?
What additional information did you learn?

Evaluate
A. Test your KNOWLEDGE
Read the following questions carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following statement is true about radius and diameter?
a. a. Twice the radius is the diameter
c. Half of the radius is the diameter.
b. Twice the diameter is the radius
d. Half of the diameter is twice the radius.
2. The formula to get the area of the circle is___________.
a. radius times the value of
c. the square of the radius times
b. radius times the square of
d. the square root of the radius times
3. What kind of figure is formed when the circle is divided into smaller parts and put
together?
a. Parallelogram
b. Rectangle c. Triangle
d. Square
4. Why is the formula useful in computing for the area of a circle?
I. It eases us from measuring the actual area of the circle.
II. It gives us a more accurate measure of the area.
III. It estimates the area of the circle.
a. I and II only
b. I and III only
c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
5. How do we get the radius of the circle given its area?
a. Multiply the area by and get the square root of the quotient.
b. Divide the area by and get the square root of the quotient.
c. Multiply the area by and get the square of the quotient.
d. Divide the area by and get the square of the quotient.
B. Test your UNDERSTANDING
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Examine the item/s in A, justify the letter of your answers.

C. Test your PROCESS/SKILLS
How do we derive the formula for the area of a circle?
D. Show your PRODUCT and/or PERFORMANCE
You are a mathematician and you need to use your
knowledge about the formula to get the area of a
circle. Make a formula to get the area of the shaded
figures below. This is worth 10 points. 5 points for
each formula of shaded figures.

Pause & Reflect

Are you happy with the result of your evaluation? Why?
What concepts are clear to you?
What concepts are still not clear to you?
What is the most desirable value or attitude that you have developed in this lesson?

Extend
Devise a formula to get the radius, diameter and area of the circle using the
given detail in each item.
1. A formula for the radius given the diameter.
2. A formula for the area of a circle given the radius.
3. A formula for the area of a circle given the diameter.
4. A formula for the diameter given the area of the circle.
5. A formula for the radius given the area of the circle.

Reflect
Write a reflection on the importance of a formula in finding the area of a circle.
Answer the following questions: Why is a formula for the area of circles necessary? What will
happen if we dont know the formula for the area of a circle?

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