Lesson 9

Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving the

Area of a Circle

Elicit
Use the formula for the area of a circle to get the area of the shaded part of the
circles below. (Illustrate the circles below. The smaller circle of the second
illustration is not shaded.)

5 cm
2m

What are the areas of the shaded parts? How did you compute for the area of each
shaded part? Did you use the same method?

Pause & Answer

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

Engage
A rotunda is a building with a circular floor area. The picture on the left is an
example of a rotunda.(Illustrate a building with a circular floor area. Put this on
the left.)
Imagine you are an architect, how will you measure the area of the floor of the
rotunda? Can you write a plan on how you will do this?

Pause & Answer

What do I want to know about normal distribution?
What do I want to learn this?

Explore

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Exploration 1: Routine problem on the area of circle

A circular hall that has a radius of 10 m is enclosed by a sidewalk that is 2 m wide. What is the
area of the sidewalk?
Understand
sidewalk
What is a being asked in the problem?
2m
10 m
The area of the sidewalk.
What is the given in the problem?
hall
The radius of the circular hall is 10 m.
Its sidewalk has a width of 2 m.
Plan
Use the formula for the area of the circle. Compute first the area of the circle that enclosed the
hall and sidewalk and then subtract from this the area of the hall alone.
Solve
Area of the hall and sidewalk.
Area of circle = r2 = 3.14 (10 + 2)2 = 3.14 (12)2 = 3.14 144 = 452.16 m2
Area of the hall
Area of circle = r2 = 3.14 102 = 3.14 100 = 314 m2
Area of the sidewalk = Area of the hall and sidewalk Area of the hall
= 452.16 m2 314 m2 = 138.16 m2
The area of the sidewalk is 138.16 m2.
Look back
Go back to the solutions. Is there anything that we did incorrectly? Are the answers correctly
labeled?
Lets have a more challenging problem.
Exploration 2: Non-Routine problem on circles and squares
The circle inscribed in square B has an area of 64 m2. The area of square B is four times the area
of square A. What is the area of the biggest possible circle that can be inscribed in the big
square?
The picture below shows the illustration of this problem.
Understand
What is a being asked in the problem?
The area of the biggest possible circle that can be inscribed in the square.
What is given in the problem?
Plan
There are different ways to arrive at the correct answer. The solution below is the shortest way to
solve this problem.
From the given illustration, we can see that the diameter of the largest possible circle inscribed
is equal to the side of the square. Our goal here is to arrive at the length of the side of the square
Solve
Get the diameter of the circle, to get the length of the side of square B.
Area of circle B = r2 = 64 m2 = r2
88 =rr
8m =r
side square B = 2 radius = 8 m 2 = 16 m
A side of square B is 16 m.
A

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Since 4 times the area of square A is equal to the area of square B, a side of square B is twice the
length of the side of square A.
side of square A = side of square B 2 = 16 m 2 = 8 m
The side of square A is 8 m.
Add the two sides of square B and square A to get the diameter of the circle that can be inscribed
in the big square.
side of big square = side of square B + square A = 16 m + 8 m = 24 m
The side of the big square is 24 m.
The diameter of the largest circle that can be inscribed in the big square is 24 m.
radius of the largest circle = diameter 2 = 24 m 2 = 12 m
Area of the largest circle = r2 = 3.14 122 = 3.14 144 = 452.16 m2
The area of the largest circle is 452.16 m2.
Look back
Go back to the solutions. Is there anything that we did incorrectly? Are the answers correctly
labeled?

Elaborate
What kind of problem about the area of a circle is shown below? Why?
The largest possible circle is cut out from a big
square. Then from the circle, the largest possible
square is cut out.
1. What fraction of the big square is the smaller square?
2. What fraction of the big square trimmed off?
There are different ways on solving this problem. One method is
by doing the problem itself.

Explain
Which of the two problems is more challenging? Why? What are the similarities and differences
of the two problems? Can you discuss this with a partner? Below are the ideas you should have
learnt in this lesson.
1. The steps in solving word problems are understand, plan, solve, and look back.
2. Solving a non-routine problem is more challenging than doing routine problems.
3. Non-routine problems can be solved using different methods.

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
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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 each problem carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer.
A cylindrical jar has a circumference of 37.68 cm. What is the area of the cap that can fit the lid
of the jar? (Put this problem inside a box.)
1. What is being asked in the problem?
a. The area of the jar.
c. The area of the cap of the jar.
b. The area of the lid of the jar.
d. The circumference of the lid of the jar.
2. Which of the plans will help you solve the problem?
a. Divide the circumference of the circle by 2 to get the radius.
b. Divide the circumference of the circle by to get the radius.
c. Multiply the circumference of the circle by 2 to get the radius.
d. Multiply the circumference of the circle by to get the radius.
A field is made up of a rectangle with semicircle at the two ends. What is the area of the field as
shown below? (Put this problem inside a box.)
3. To get the radius of the semicircle on the field_________.
a. Multiply 60 m by 2.
c. Divide 60 m by 2.
b. Multiply 60 m by .
d. Divide 60 m by .
4. What will you do to get the area of the field?
a. Add the area of the rectangle and a semicircle.
b. Add the area of the rectangle and two semicircles.
c. Subtract the area of a semicircle from the area of rectangle.
d. Subtract the area of two semicircles from the area of rectangle.
5. The area of the field is______________.
a. 14826 m2
b. 13413 m2
c. 10587 m2
d. 9174 m2
B. Test your UNDERSTANDING
Examine the item/s in A, justify the letter of your answers.
C. Test your PROCESS/SKILLS
Solve the following word problems. Follow the steps understand, plan, solve and look
back in doing the problems.
1. The shape of the stage of the theater is a semicircle. The
diameter is 30 m. Find the area of the stage.
12 m

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2. A floor design is made up of 4 identical circles and a big circle. The diameter of the big
circle is twice the radius of the small circles. The sum of the diameter of a small circle
and a big circle is 12 m. What is the area of the floor design?
D. Show your PRODUCT and/or PERFORMANCE
You are a customer at a bakeshop. Which of the two offers will you buy? Create a complete
solution to this problem.
A bakeshop sells small-size pancakes and regular pancakes. The radius of small-size
pancakes and regular pancakes are 5 cm and 12 cm respectively. If the total price of 6 small
pancakes is the same as the price of a regular pancake, which of the two will you buy? Why?
(put this inside a box.)
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
Read the given problem. Then answer the following questions.
1. Circles are to be cut from a 10 cm by 12 cm paper. The radiuses of two circles are 2 cm

and 1 cm respectively. Assuming that the least area of the paper will be trimmed off:
a. How many 2-cm radius circles can be cut?
b. How many 1-cm radius circles can be cut?
c. How many 2-cm radius and 1-cm radius can be cut?

Reflect
Make a reflection about the lesson based on the given guide questions.
a. Which of the routine and non-routine problems involving the area of a circle
is more challenging? Why?
b. How will I improve my skills in solving this problem?

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