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You learned a rectangleand its properties when youwere at an elementary school.To recall them, discuss thefollowing tasks with yourclassmate(s).a.
 
Find something around you in which the surfacehas a shape of book pages.b.
 
Suppose one of your book pages has arectangular shape as shown in the figure below.What are the elements of the rectangle
 ABCD
?
C  B D A
What are you goingto learn?
 
To define a rectangle.To discover theformula of theperimeter and area ofa rectangle.
Key Term:
•
 
area
•
 
perimeter
•
 
rectangle
8.1
PROBLEM 1
Work in Groups
Materials: paper, scissors, a ruler, and a protractor.
1. Take a piece of paper forming a rectangle as inthe figure on the right.2. Cut the paper into 2 of the same measure andshare them with your classmate(s).3. Name each rectangle
ABCD 
.4. Connect point
A
with point
C,
point
B 
with point
D,
and mark the point of the intersectionfrom those 2 lines and name it.5. Use ruler to measure the lengths of sides and diagonals of the rectangle ABCD!
AB 
=.......cm
AD 
=........cm
AC 
=........cm
DC 
=.......cm
BC 
=........cm
BD 
=.......cm
OA
=........cm
OB 
=........cm
OC 
=.......cm
OD 
=........cm6. What is the relation between the lengths of
 AB
and
DC
,
 AD
and
BC
, and
 AC
and
BD
?7. What is the relation of the lengths of
OA
,
OB
,
OC
, and
OD
?8. Use the protractor to measure the following angles.
∠
DAB 
=.......
°
 
∠
ABC 
=.......
°
 
∠
BCD 
=.......
°
 
∠
CDA
=.......
°
 9. What is the relation of
∠
DAB 
,
∠
ABC 
,
∠
BCD 
, and
∠
CDA
?10. Cut all corners of rectangle
ABCD 
and then fit together side by side. Do thefour angles form a whole turned angle or 360
°
?11. Based on the activity, what can you conclude? Explain.
 D BC 
O
 A
BCAD
Mini - Lab
Mathematics for Junior High School Year 7/305
 
 The elements of rectangle
 
 ABCD
are
sides
 
AB
,
BC
,
CD
, and
AD
;
diagonal
, that is
AC
dan
BD
; and
angles
 
∠
 A,
∠  
B,
∠  
C,
and
∠
D.
 Properties of a rectangle are that
:
1.
 
it has equal opposite sides.2.
 
it has four right angles.3.
 
it has two diagonals that are equal and bisect each other.Based on the properties above, we can conclude that:A rectangle is a quadrilateral that has 4 right angles and itsopposite sides are equal in length.
Think about the following 
 
1.
 
“
A rectangle is a quadrilateral which has 4 right angles.”
 
Is
 
thestatement enough to describe a rectangle?
 2.
 
Are opposite sides of a rectangle parallel? Explain youranswer.3.
 
“A rectangle is a quadrilateral with parallel opposite sides.”
 
Is
 
thestatement enough to describe a rectangle?
Explain your answer.
 
PROBLEM 2
S RQ
The figure given is rectangle
PQRS
.
P
2 cm4 cm
a.
 
Name two pairs of equal sides.b.
 
What are the lengths of
PS
 
and
PQ
?c.
 
Name two diagonal lines.d.
 
Name two parallel sides.e.
 
Name all right angles.
306/Student’s Book – Quadrilaterals
 
Banana Garden Problem
Daddy has a rectangular banana garden which is 20 metres longand 10 metres wide. He wants to make a fence around the garden.What is the length of the fence?
Athlete Problem
An athlete is running around a rectangular field. This field is 160metres long and 80 metres wide. If the athlete runs once aroundthe field, how far will he or she run?
Cloth Problem
Ani has a piece of rectangular cloth. The cloth will be decoratedwith lace around it. If the cloth is
 p
cm long and
l
cm wide, whatis the length of the lace that Ani should buy to decorate it?
Garden Fence Problem
Anto’s mother has a rectangular garden. The garden will befenced with 3 piles of wire. The length of the wire needed is600 m. What is the measure of the garden of Anto’s mother?
PROBLEM 3
To answer those questions, what should be done?
PROBLEM 4
Answer the question in each problem above.
PROBLEM 5
C  B D Al p
If the sum of all sides of two-dimensional shapes iscalled perimeter, then what is the perimeter ofrectangle
 ABCD
? Explain.
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