Area of a Rectangle

and a Square
Module in Mathematics 3
Quarter 4 ● Module 5

THERESA M. BANTIC
Developer
Department of Education • Cordillera Administrative Region

NAME:________________________________________________________
 Republic of the Philippines
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 PREFACE

This module is a project of the Curriculum Implementation Division

particularly the Learning Resource Management and Development Unit,
Department of Education, Schools Division of CAR which is in response to the
implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum.

This Learning Material is a property of the Department of Education - CID,

Schools Division of CAR. It aims to improve students’ performance specifically in
Mathematics.

Date of Development April 2021

Resource Location CAR-LRMS
Learning Area Mathematics
Grade Level 3
Learning Resource Type Module
Language English
Quarter/Week Q4/W5
Learning Competency/Codes Visualizes, represents, and measures area
using appropriate unit. M3ME-IVd-43

Solves routine and non-routine

problems involving areas of squares
and rectangles. M3ME-IVf-46

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Copyright Notice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii

Preface ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii
Acknowledgment --------------------------------------------------------------------------- iv
Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------- v
Title Page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1
What I Need to Know --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Learning Objectives
What I Know -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
What’s In ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3
What’s New -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
What Is It ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
What’s More ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Activity 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Assessment 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Activity 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Assessment 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
What I Have Learned -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
What I Can Do ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Post Assessment ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Additional Activities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Answer Key -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
References --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

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 Area of a Rectangle
and a Square
Module in Mathematics 3
Quarter 4 ● Module 5

THERESA M. BANTIC
Developer

Department of Education • Cordillera Administrative Region

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 What I Need to Know

This module was developed to help you improve your ability

in visualizing, representing, measuring area using appropriate unit,
and solving routine and non-routine problems involving areas of
squares and rectangles with the help of your parents or guardian.

We hope this material will be of great help to you!

Learning Objectives

1.) Visualizes, represents, and measures area using appropriate unit.

2.) Solves routine and non-routine problems involving areas of
squares and rectangles.

What I Know
Let us determine how much you already know about the
topic. Read the questions below and encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
1. How many square units are in the figure?

a. 2 square units c. 10 square units

b. 5 square units d. 12 square units
2. What is the area of the handkerchief?

30 cm

a. 600 cm2 b. 900 cm2 c. 300 cm2 d. 120 cm2

3. Find the area of the figure.

8m 3m

a. 11 sq. m b. 21 sq. m c. 16 sq. m d. 24 sq. m

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4. 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
5. The swimming pool is 14 meters long and 7 meters wide.
How big is the swimming pool?
a. 21 m2 b. 98 m2 c. 64 m2 d. 108 m2

What’s In?

Let’s have a review on your previous lesson.

A. Write the name of the shapes and write the number of its
sides.
Name of the shape Number of its side
1.
_____________ _____________
2.
_____________ _____________

3. _____________ _____________

B. Count the number of square units in the figure.

4. 5.
_____ sq. units
_____ sq. units

What’s New?
Read the problem.

Delia and Gayle bought graphing notebook at the mall.

They also bought plastic cover for their notebooks. What is the
area of the surface of the notebook to be covered? What is
the appropriate unit of measure to be used? Why?

1. What is being asked in the problem?

(Area of the notebook and appropriate unit in measuring area)
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 2. What measuring tool can we use to get the length of the
notebook? (ruler, tape measure)

3. What standard unit of measure can we use to get the

length of the notebook? (centimeter or cm)

What Is It?

LESSON 1: Visualizes, Represents, and Measures Area

Using Appropriate Unit

A. Using Square Centimeter (sq. cm)

Look at the grid paper. 1cm by 1 cm grid paper

approximately the size of the notebook.
1 cm
1 cm

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

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 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.

B. Using Square Meter (sq. m)

Look at the illustration.

A B

What can you say about the illustration?

What is the area of each figure inside the rectangle if 1 small square
is equal to 1 square meter?

◼ Count the number of small squares of each figure to get the

area.
◼ The column is referred to as length and the row is referred to
as width. length

B width
In figure B:

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.

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 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

Given: side = 7 m Given: Length = 9 cm; Width = 6 cm

A= sxs A=LxW
A = 7m x 7m A = 9 cm x 6 cm
A = 49 sq. m or 49 m 2 A = 54 sq. cm or 54 cm2

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 LESSON 2: Solves Routine and Non-routine Problems
Involving Areas of Squares and Rectangles

To solve word problems involving area, we follow the 4 steps:

1. Understand 3. Solve
2. Plan. 4. Look back or review
Remember:
➢ To solve problems involving area of rectangles:
◼ Multiply the length and the width.
◼ If the length is unknown, divide the area by the width.
◼ If the width is unknown, divide the area by the length.

➢ To solve problems involving area of squares:

◼ Multiply the given side by itself.
◼ If the side is unknown, think of a number which when
multiplied by itself will give the area.
Read the problem.

Our room measures 12 meters long and 9 meters

wide. Meryl, Henry and Shirley helped each other to
cleaned the whole floor. What is the area they cleaned?

Who are the children in the story?

What can you say about them?
Are you also helpful at home?
In what ways are you helpful?
Understand:
What is asked? The area of the room.
What are given? 12 meters and 9 meters

Plan: What is the process to be used? Multiplication

What is the mathematical sentence? 12 m x 9 m = N
Solve: What is the solution? A= LxW
12 A = 12m x 9m
X 9 A = 108 sq. m
108
The area of the room they cleaned is 108 sq. m.

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Look Back: Is the operation correct? Yes.
Does the answer make sense? Yes.
Is the answer correctly labelled? Yes.

Non-routine problems are more complex than routine

problems. Often times, these problems can be solved in multiple
ways. It can be solved by drawing a picture or illustrations, using a
number line, making a table, guess and check and other
techniques.

Example:
The surface of a big square is covered by 4 small squares
where each small square is 9 cm2 . What is the area of the big
square?

Understand:
What is asked? Area of the big square.
What are given? 4 small squares and 9 cm2

Plan: What operation to be used? Multiplication.

What is the mathematical sentence? 9 x 4 = N

Solution:
What is the solution? 9 cm2 x 4 = 36 cm2
The area of the big square is 36cm2 .
We can also find the area by using illustrations.
Draw a big square and then divide it into 4 equal parts.

9cm2 9cm2
Area = 9 cm2 x 4 = 36 cm2 or 36 sq. cm
9cm2 9cm2

Look back: Check the answer if it is correct.

Did you use the correct operation? Yes

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 What’s More?

Activity 1: Write the most appropriate unit of measure, square

centimeter (sq. cm) or square meter (sq. m) to get the
area of the following.

_______________ 1. eraser _______________4. stage floor

_______________ 2. dining table _______________5. handkerchief
_______________ 3. notebook

Assessment 1: Find the area of the following figures.

1. 2.

A = ______ sq. units A = ______ sq. units

3. 4. 5.
12cm 8 cm

4cm 6m 13 cm

A = ____________ A = ____________ A = _____________

Activity 2: Complete the Chart.

Figure Length Width Area

Rectangle A 6m ________ 30 sq. m

Rectangle B ________ ________ 55 sq. cm

Figure Side Area

Square A 11 m __________________

Square B _________ 100 sq. cm

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Assessment 2: Read, analyze, and solve.

1. What is the area of the auditorium whose length is 52 meters

and whose width is 17 meters?

2. Jenny’s square birthday cake measures 60 cm on each side.

What is the area of the cake?

3. A comfort room which is 2m by 2m has to be tiled with 30 cm

by 30 cm tiles. Is 50 pieces tiles enough to cover the comfort
room? Why? Illustrate your solution.

What I Have Learned

Let us now measure what you have learned about our lesson.

Choose the correct answer in the box and write it on the blank
to complete the sentence.

Non-routine problems square cm A=lxw

Routine problems A=sxs square m

1. When measuring smaller area , like a book, cell phone, etc.,

we use the _______________________.
2. When measuring bigger area, like a garden, floor of a room,
etc., use the _____________________.
3. To find the area of a rectangle, use the formula ____________.
4. To find the area of a square, use the formula _______________.
5. ___________________________ are more complex than routine
problems.

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 What I Can Do
A. Solve the area of the following illustrations below.

205cm 5m

1. 3.
92 cm 7m
A = _______________ A = ___________________

2. Cellphone 4. Birthday present

15cm
27cm

8 cm
32cm

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

a. 600 sq. cm c. 300 sq. cm

b. 900 sq. cm d. 120 sq. cm

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3. Find the area of the figure.

8m 3m

a. 24 sq. m b. 21 sq. m c. 16 sq. m d. 11 sq. m

4. How many square units are in the figure?

a. 2 sq. units b. 10 sq. units c. 5 sq. units d. 12 sq units

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

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Read the problem then answer the questions that follow.

Karen bought a hand towel with an area of 527 cm2. If

the width is 17 cm, what is its length?

1. What is asked? ______________________________________

2. What are the given facts? ____________________________
3. What is the operation to be used? _____________________
4. What is the mathematical sentence? __________________
5. What is the complete answer? ________________________

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What I Know
Assessment 2 1. c 4. c
2. b 5. b
1. A = 884 sq. m 3. d
2. A = 3 600 sq. cm
3. Yes, because only 45 tiles are What In
needed to cover the comfort A.
Name of Shape Number of its Sides
room.
1. square 4
What I Have Learned 2. triangle 3
3. rectangle 4
1. square cm B.
2. square m 4. 12 sq. units
3. A=lxw 5. 9 sq. units
4. A=sxs
5. Non-routine problems What’s More
What I Can Do Activity 1
A. 1. sq. cm 4. sq. m
1. A = 18 860 sq. cm 2. sq. m 5. sq. cm
2. A = 120 sq. cm 3. sq. cm
3. A = 35 sq. m
4. 864 sq. cm Assessment 1
B. Answers may vary
1. 35 sq. units
Post Assessment 2. 19 sq. units
3. 48 sq. cm
1. b 4. 36 sq. m
2. b 5. 104 sq. cm
3. a
4. b Activity 2
5. c
Rectangle A
Additional Activities Width = 5 m
Rectangle B
1. The length of the hand towel. Length = 11 cm
2. 527 sq. cm and 17 cm Width = 5 cm
3. Division Square A
4. 527 sq. cm ÷ 17 cm = N Area = 121sq. m
5. 31 cm Square B
Side = 10 cm
Answer Key
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