Lesson 8

Finding the Area of a Given Circle

Elicit
How do we easily get the area of a circle? What is the formula that we can use to
computer for the area?
Take a look at the circle below and its different parts.
(Illustrate a circle a diameter and a radius)
How will you get the area if the diameter is given? How about the radius?

Pause & Answer

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

Engage
(Illustrate a circular swimming pool with a radius whose length is 5m on the left
side.)

10 m

If you will estimate the area of the pool, how big could that be? Can we also use
the formula of a circle to find the area of the pool?

Pause & Answer

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What do I want to know about finding the area of a circle?

What do I want to learn this?

Explore
The radius of the circular pool is 5 m. What is its area?
Use the formula for the area of the circle.
Area of the circular pool = r2
= 3.14 102

=3.14 100
= 314 m2

Write the formula.

Substitute the length of the radius and
Get the square of the radius.
Simplify the equation.

Lets have another example. What is the area of the circle below in terms of ?
(Illustrate the circle below with the given dimensions.)
Since diameter is twice the radius, divide the diameter by 2.
d = 5 cm

Radius of a circle = diameter 2

=52
= 2.5 cm
So the radius of the circle is 2.5 cm. This time use the
formula of the r2to get the area of the circle.

Area of the circle = r2

= 2.52
= 6.25
= 6.25 cm2

Write the formula.

Substitute the length of the radius and
Get the square of the radius.
Simplify the equation.

Explain
Get a partner and ask him about the steps in getting the area of the circle. Talk about the
easier way to get the area of the circle.
Below are some of the ideas you learned in this lesson.
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Use the formula for the area of the circle to get its area easily.
The formula of the area of a circle is A =

To use the formula for the area of a circle, substitute the value of the radius and
then simplify it.
The area of a circle can be expressed in terms of .

Elaborate
Look around your classroom or home. Are there any objects which take the shape
of a circle? Write them on the table below.
Measure the radius of each object using a measuring tool. Then compute for the
area of each circular object. Put your answers on the table below. Express your answers in terms
of .
Objects

Radius (cm)

Area

Which of these objects has the largest area? How about the least area?
Look at the length of the radius of the circle with the largest area to the radius of
the circle with the smallest area. What happens as the radius of the circle increases?

Enrich
Search more information about the lesson to enrich what you have just learned.
1. The website below is an interactive story about finding the area of a circle. Play with it.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3547
2. Surf the internet. Look for more information and exercises about the adding fractions and
mixed numbers that you have just learned. 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?

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Evaluate

Test your KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING

True or False. Write True if the statement is true, otherwise underline the word/s that make/s the
statement false and replace it. Put this on the space provided.
1. The formula for the area of the circle is diameter times the radius.
2. When the diameter is given, divide it by 2 to get the radius.
3. A circle with a radius of 2 cm has an area of 2 cm2.
4. The circular table with an area of 28.26 m2 has a diameter of 6 m.
5. The area of wrapper needed to cover the top of a cylindrical box with
15 cm radius is 235 cm2.
Show your SKILLS, PRODUCT or PERFORMANCE
Solve for the area of the circle. Show your solution. Label your answer correctly.
1. The radius of the circle is 7 cm, what is its area in terms of ?

7 cm

_____________[3 pts]
2. What is the area of the circle whose radius is 12 m?

12 m

_____________[3 pts]
3. The diameter of a circle is 15 m. What is its area?

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15 m

_____________[3 pts]
4. A circle has a circumference of 78.5 m. What is its area?
circumference
78.5 m

_____________[3 pts]
5. Find the area of the shaded area.

8 cm
12 cm

_____________[4 pts]

Pause & Answer

Are you happy with the result of your evaluation? Why?
What concepts are clear to you?
What concepts are still not clear to you?

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Expand
A semicircle is a half circle. How do we get the area of the semicircle below?

5 cm
A quadrant is one-fourth of a circle. How do we get the area of the quadrant below?

2.5 cm
How big is the area of a semicircle to the area of a quadrant?

Reflect
In your notebook, write your reflection of your lesson using the following
questions as your guide.
What
What parts
What is the
In what
What is
parts of
of the
most
situation/s
the most
the
lesson do I
challenging
do I find
desirable
lesson do I like
like the least?
part in this
this lesson most
value or attitude
the most? Why?
Why?
lesson? Why?
useful?
that I have
developed in this
lesson?

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