Math 3 April 29 2024
Math 3 April 29 2024
Math 3 April 29 2024
Count the number of small squares and measure the length of one small square.
What is the area of this paper? (90 square units)
What is the length of the side of one small square? (1 cm)
What is the area of one small square? (1 sq. cm or 1 cm2)
If one small square is 1 sq. cm, what is the area of the paper?
Answer: (96 sq. cm or 96 cm2)
What is the difference between 96 square units and 96 sq. cm?
The first answer used square units while the second used square centimeters.
Are the two answers correct? Why?
Yes, because we both find the area of the paper. In the first answer we put square units after
we counted the number of small squares while in the second one we put square centimeters
because we used a standard unit of measure which is centimetre.
After measuring the area, Delia and Gayle put the grid paper on top of their notebooks. So the
estimated area of their notebook is about 90 square cm.
The number of square units or measurement that covers the region or surface is called the
AREA.
We use square centimeter if the area of an object, space or figure to be measured is small.
For example, book, greeting card, cellphone, and others.
A B
length
What is the relationship of the length and width to the area?
The product of the length and width is equal to the area.
How can we get the area of a rectangle.
Area of a rectangle = length x width
A= LxW
We use the formula to get the area of the rectangle. If the length of 1 small square is equal to 1
meter, so the length is 5 meters and the width is 3 meters. What is the area?
A=LxW
A=5mx3m
A = 15 sq. m or 15 m2 (read as fifteen square meters)
For squares, length and width are referred to as sides.
In Figure A: side
A
side
How can we get the area of a square? (Aside from counting the number of small squares, we can use
the formula of a square to get the area).
Area of a square = side x side
A =sxs
So in figure A, the measure of one side of a square is 4 meters then the area is:
A = side x side or A = s x s
A = 4m x 4m
A = 16 sq. m or 16m2 (read as 16 square meters)
When measuring bigger area, like the floor of a room, garden, etc., then the appropriate unit
is square meter (sq. m or m2).
The instrument or measuring tool to be used in getting the area are meter stick, ruler,
carpenter’s tape measure.
Other examples: Find the area of the square and the rectangle.
7m 9 cm 6 cm
POST ASSESSMENT
Read the questions below and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The swimming pool is 14 m long and 7 m wide. How big is
the swimming pool?
a. 21 m2 b. 98 m2 c. 64 m2 d. 108 m2
2. What is the area of the handkerchief?
30 cm
11
8m 3m
5. Mr. Gomez has a square vegetable garden with each side measuring 7 meters. If you add 4
more meters to any two opposite sides, what will be the new area of the garden?
a. 121 sq. m c. 77 sq. m
b. 11 sq. m d. 44 sq. m