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Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

GENERAL PHYSICS 1
Vectors and Scalars
Name of Learner: ______________________________________
Grade Level: 12
Strand/Track: STEM-ACADEMIC
Section: ______________________________________
Date:

A. Background Information for Learners

The lesson is about uncertainties, deviations and types of error in measurement. It
involves activities which can help students to master the assigned competency.

B. Learning Competency with code

Differentiate vector and scalar quantities (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-5)
Perform addition of vectors (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-6)

C. Directions/ Instructions
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each directions carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
4. Record your scores for each activity
5. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items.
6. If you have any questions, contact, or see your teacher through messenger or
text

D. Exercises / Activities
D.1 INTRODUCTION
a. What I need to Know
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. differentiate vector from scalar quantities
2. perform addition of vectors
b. What’s New
Activity 1: Let’s Check What You Got
Directions: Categorize each quantity as being either a vector or a scalar.
Quantity Category

a. work

b. momentum
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c. acceleration

d. luminous intensity

e. number of moles

f. magnetic field

g. force

h. wavelength

i. frequency

j. heat

D.2 DEVELOPMENT
a. What I Know?
Activity 3: What’s the Concept?
Directions: Answer the following question. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is a vector: a person’s height, the altitude on
Mt. Everest, the age of the Earth, the boiling point of water, the cost of
a book, the Earth’s population, the acceleration of gravity?
2. Give a specific example of a vector, stating its magnitude, units and
direction.
3. What do vectors and scalars have in common? How do they differ?
4. Two campers in a national park hike from their cabin to the same spot
on a lake, each taking a different path, as illustrated below. The total
distance traveled along Path 1 is 7.5 km, and that along Path 2 is 8.2.
What is the final displacement of each camper?

5. Explain why it is not possible to add a scalar to a vector.

b. What’s In
Activity 4: Representing Vector
Directions: Accurately draw scaled vector diagram to represent the magnitude
and direction of the following vectors on a graphing paper.
1. 50 m 300
Scale: 1cm = 10m
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2. 60 m 1500
Scale: 1cm = 10m
3. 140 m/s 2000
Scale: 1cm = 20m
4. 120 m/s 2400
Scale: 1cm = 15m/s
5. 35 m/s 2700
Scale: 1cm = 5m/s

c. What is It
Refer to the given lecture about the following topics:
1. Vector and Scalar
2. Vector Addition

D.3 ENGAGEMENT
a. What is more?
Activity 5: Graphing of Vectors
Directions: Represent the following vectors graphically:
A: 40 units, 45o North of East
B: 50 units, 30o South of West
C: 40 units, 45o Counterclockwise from the (+) x-axis.
D: 50 units, 30o clockwise from the (-) y-axis

b. What I Can Do?

Activity 6: Vector Addition
Directions: In a separate paper, solve the given vectors and find the resultant
with exact direction.

c. What other enrichment activities can I engage in?

Activity 7: Represent a Vector graphically.
Materials: ruler, protractor, pen, graphing paper
Procedures:
1. Represent the following displacement in the graphing paper (head-tail
method). Use the scale: 1 cm = 1 km.
2. Determine the total distance and total displacement made.

A 5.0 km 15‫ ﹾ‬east of north F 5.0 km 40‫ ﹾ‬north of west

B 5.0 km 20‫ ﹾ‬east of south G 5.0 km 40‫ ﹾ‬west of south
C 5.0 km east H 5.0 km 15‫ ﹾ‬east of north
D 5.0 km 30‫ ﹾ‬south of west I 5.0 km 60‫ ﹾ‬west of north
E 5.0 km 20‫ ﹾ‬east of south J 5.0 km west
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D.4 ASSIMILATION
a. What I have Learned?
Activity 9: Check your understanding
Directions: In separate sheet of paper, solve the following problem with
complete solution.
1. If area A1=20cm2 and area A2=36cm2 , the total is A= A1 + A2
2. If the mass (m1) = 15kg and the second mass (m2) = 250g. Find the total
mass m= m1 + m2. Convert kg to grams.

b. Assessment/ What I can show

Directions: Find the resultant of each vector using the parallelogram and
polygon methods.
1. 𝑥𝑥⃗ = 5 m, 20‫ ﹾ‬and 𝑦𝑦⃗ = 10 m, 90‫ﹾ‬
�����⃗ = 12 N, -30‫ ﹾ‬and �����⃗
2. 𝐹𝐹1 𝐹𝐹2 = 20 N, -90‫ﹾ‬
3. 𝑉𝑉1 = 4 m/s, 0‫ ﹾ‬, 𝑉𝑉2 = 8 m/s, 90‫ ﹾ‬and , �����⃗
�����⃗ �����⃗ 𝑉𝑉3 = 12 m/s, 120‫ﹾ‬
E. Guide Questions (if necessary)

F. Rubric for scoring (if necessary)

G. Reflection
Learners will write on their notebooks or journals their insights about the lesson.
I understand that_____________________.
I realized that _______________________.

H. References for learners

Books

Angelina A. Silverion and Gloria De Castro Bernas, Ph. D., Physics: Exploring Life
Through Science, 2012.

Ryan L. Arevalo, Ph.D and Charity I. Mulig, General Physics 1, 2017.

Tabujara Jr., Geronimo D. K-12 Compliant Worktext for Senior High School General
Physics 1. Manila, Philippines: JFS Publishing Services

Electronic Sources

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-2-vector-addition-and-
subtraction-graphical-methods/