Lesson 10

Creating Problems Involving a Circle with Reasonable

Answers

Elicit
Try to answer the problem below. Make a plan on how you will solve this
problem.
A
The figure below is made up of three squares.
Squares A and C overlap at square B. The area of
square B is 4 sq. units. The length of a side of square
B is twice the side of square C. The length of a side
B
of square A is twice the side of square C. What is the
largest possible area of circle that can be inscribed
inside square A?

Pause & Answer

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

Engage
Read and analyze the story problem below about the area of a circle.
Jimmy cut two circular discs of radii 3 cm from a rectangular
piece of card measuring 8 cm by 13 cm. What is the area of
card that was trimmed off?
Can you come up with a word problem the same as the one
above? How will you make it?

Pause & Answer

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

Explore

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Let us now analyze the given problem above. The following are the elements of a story
problem.
What do you think are the basic components of a story problem?
Jimmy cuts
two circular discs of radii 3 cm from
a rectangular piece of card
measuring 8 cm by 13 cm

Scenario
Given
Information

What is the area of card that was

Question/s
trimmed
One
of theoff?
components of a problem is a realistic scenario or the story. It is
normally followed by the necessary information to answer the problem. And lastly, some
question/s is/are asked at the end of the word problem. Sometimes we put an illustration
to help the problem solver visualize the problem.
Among the different components, which is the most important? Why? Can you
still answer a word problem even if the given information is incomplete? What other
components do you think is needed in a problem?

Explain
If you will write a word problem, what kind of scenario will you use? Talk
to your seatmates and discuss about the scenario that you want to put into your problem?
Here are the ideas you should have learned in this lesson:
1. A word problem is composed of a scenario, given information, and questions.
2. The scenario in the story problem should be realistic.
3. Sometimes an illustration is drawn beside the problem to help the solver visualize the
problem.

Elaborate
Read and analyze the different components of a word problem below. Make up story
from the given details below.
Scenario
Answers
mowing a lawn
Think of someone who mows a lawn. It can be a person or
group of people.
Given
Provide details on the shape and measurement of the lawn.
(Note: the diameter or radius should be given.)
Create some twist on putting the number of hour it takes
the person to mow a certain part of the lawn.
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Make sure that all the necessary information to answer the

problem is given.
Question
Ask about the area of the lawn.
Ask about the number of hours the person takes to
finish mowing the lawn.
What is now your word problem? Do you think it is easy to come up with a word
problem? Why?

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 and analyze the each problem below. Then answer the question/s about it. Choose the letter
of the best answer.
Mr. Gamboa ordered a 20-cm radius pizza. He ate half of it for his lunch. What was the area of
pizza left? (Put the word problems inside the box.)
1. What is the scenario in the problem?
a. The area of the pizza.
c. He ordered a 20-cm radius pizza
b. Mr. Gamboa ordered a pizza.
d. He ate half of the pizza for lunch.
Michelle runs every day in a track and field. It has a diameter of _____. What is the area of the
field? (Put the word problems inside the box.)
2. Which is not a realistic length of diameter of a track and field?
a. 50 m
b. 100 m
c. 200 m
d. 300 m
The diameter of a circular fountain in a park is 15 m. A sidewalk that is 1.5 m will be built
around the fountain. (Put the word problems inside the box.)
3. Which of the questions is the most challenging but possible to answer?
a. What is the area of the park?
c. What is the area of the sidewalk?
b. What is the area of the fountain?
d.What is the area of the fountain and the sidewalk?

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Anna bought a 15 cm by 20 cm piece of cloth for P150. She cut 4 circles from it to make logo
patches. The radius of each circle is 2 cm. (Put the word problems inside the box.)
4. Which of the following information on the problem will help you get the area of all the
logos?
I. 15 cm by 20 cm piece of cloth II. P150
III. 4 circles
IV. 2 cm radius of a circle
a. I and II
b. II and III
c. III and IV
d. IV and I
5. Which of the following questions cant be answered using the given information?
a. What area of cloth was trimmed off?
c. Is the cloth enough to make 4 logos?
b. What is the area of each logo?
d. How much does each logo cost?
B. Test your UNDERSTANDING
Examine the item/s in A, justify the letter of your answers.
C. Test your PROCESS/SKILLS
Write a step by step procedures on how to write word problems involving circles.
D. Show your PRODUCT and/or PERFORMANCE
Create word problems using the given scenario below. Make sure that the word
problem uses a given scenario, provides complete information, and the questions are
appropriate and realistic.
A person cut out circles in sheet of paper.

A person paints a circular floor.

A child covers the two circles of a tin can.

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?

Expand
Create a routine and non-routine problem about the area of a circle.
Then, draw an illustration of the problem to help the solver understand the problem.
Write the complete solution of the problems.
Ask your classmate to solve your story problem.

Reflect
In your notebook, write your reflection of your lesson using the following
questions as your guide.
a. What scenario do I normally use in writing word problems involving circles? Why?
b. How will I improve the questions I write in a problem?
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