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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 8:
Solving Routine and Non-Routine
Problems in Real-Life Situations
Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 3 – Module 8: Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems In Real-Life Situations
Involving Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles, Triangles,
Parallelograms, and Trapezoids (M4ME-IIIi-52)
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 8:
Solving Routine and Non-Routine
Problems in Real-Life Situations
Introductory Message

This Self-Learning Module (SLM] is prepared so that you, our dear

learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home.
Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are
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 What I Need to Know

Good day learner! You have learned from the previous module
how to find the perimeter of triangles, squares, rectangles,
parallelograms, and trapezoids. This module is about solving
routine and non-routine problems. Routine problems use specific
steps and formulas needed to be solved. Non-routine problems use
open-ended steps and procedures required in the situation. I know
you will enjoy this module.

After going through this module, you are expected to solve

routine and non-routine problems involving perimeter of triangles,
squares, rectagles, parallelograms, and trapezoids. (M4ME-IIIi-52)

What I Know

Directions: Read the following problems. Draw the plane figure

with complete measures in the problem, then solve each. Write
your answer on a sheet of paper.

1. Jaden drew a picture of a store with a triangular roof. If the sides

of the roof measured 5 cm, 4 cm and 6 cm, find the
perimeter of the roof.

2. Innah is making a square table cloth. She puts a lace around it.
How many centimetres of lace did she use if the side of the table
cloth is 50 cm?

3. A basketball court measures 600 cm wide and 700 cm long. Find

the perimeter.

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4. Nuelle walks around the rectangular park in his school every
morning. The park measures 42 m long and 35 m wide. How far
is the distance covered by Nuelle if he walks around the park
twice a day?

5. A flower garden is 11 m long. Its width is 4 m shorter than its

length. What is the distance around the garden?

Lesson
Solving Routine and
1 Non-Routine Problems

In this lesson, you are about to solve routine and non-routine

problems involving perimeters of triangle, square, rectangle,
parallelogram and trapezoid. You will use the formulas in finding
for the perimeters as well as the steps involved in solving
mathematical word problems.

What’s In

Do you remember how to find the perimeter of triangles,

squares, rectangles, parallelograms and trapezoids?

Directions: Find the perimeter of the following. Write your answer

on a sheet of paper.

18 cm
1. 2.
12 cm 7m 7m

6m

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 8 cm 10 cm
3. 4.

25 cm 25 cm
15 cm 15 cm

12 cm
20 cm

5.

What’s New

Are you helping to keep your classroom clean and organized?

In what way are you helping?

A.One side of a square working

table in Mrs Surio’s classroom
measures 55 cm. Find the perimeter
of the working table.

Read and analyze the problem.

1. How long is each side of the table?

2. How will you solve the problem?

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 What is It

To solve routine and non-routine word problem, you have to

follow several steps. Let us try this in the given problem.

Steps Answer

Understand:

What is asked? The perimeter of the table

55 cm is the length of one side
What is given? of the square table.

Plan:

What operation will you use? Addition or multiplication

What is the number sentence? 55+55+55+55 = n or 4 x 55 =

n

Solve:

What is the answer to the The perimeter of the table is

problem? 220 cm.

Check and Look Back:

Is my answer correct? Divide 220 cm by 4 to show

that each side of the square
table is 55 cm.

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B. Using the given in letter A, if four tables are placed together end-
to-end,to make a big square table, what will be the perimeter of
the new table formed?

55 cm 55 cm

55 cm
55 cm
55 cm
55 cm

55 cm 55 cm

55 cm 55 cm

55 cm
55 cm

55 cm
55 cm

55 cm 55 cm

55 cm 55 cm
55 cm

55 cm
55 cm
55 cm

55 cm 55 cm

By adding the outer sides of the big square table, we have

55 + 55 + 55 + 55 + 55 + 55 + 55 + 55 = N.

From this, you can say that the perimeter of the big square
table formed is 440 cm.

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C. Light posts are placed around a square park. There are 3 light
posts along each side of the park. If the distance between the
light post is 20 meters, what is the distance around the park?

Steps Answer

Understand:

What is asked? The distance around the park

What is given? 3 light post, 20 m distance

between the light post

Plan:

What operation will you use? Addition or multiplication

What is the number sentence? 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 +

20 + 20 = n or
20 m x 8 = n

Solve:

What is the answer to the The distance around square

problem? park is 160 m..

Check and Look Back:

Is my answer correct? Divide 160 m by 8 to show

that the distance of the light
post is 20 m.

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Solution:
By drawing a picture
20 m 20 m

20 m
20 m

20 m
20 m

20 m 20 m

By adding the distances between the light posts

20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 160 m

By multiplying 20 m by 8
20 m x 8 = 160 m
Answer: The distance around square park is 160 m.

What’s More

Directions: Read each problem. Then, answer the questions that

follow. Do it on a sheet of paper.

A. Mr.Valdez plans to fence his vegetable garden. If his garden is

19 m long and 15 m wide. How many metres of fencing materials
will he need?

What is asked? ______________________________________________

What are given? ______________________________________________
What is the process needed? __________________________________
What is the number sentence? ________________________________
What is the answer? __________________________________________

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B. The three sides of a triangle measure 24 cm, 34 cm, and 52 cm.
What is the perimeter of the triangle?

What is asked? ______________________________________________

What are given? ______________________________________________
What is the process needed? __________________________________
What is the number sentence? ________________________________
What is the answer? __________________________________________

Directions: Read carefully, then solve the problem. Do it on a

sheet of paper.

C. Mika has a 14 cm by 10 cm picture. She wants to put it in a

picture frame but the picture must be 3 cm away from the edges
of the picture frame. What is the perimeter of the picture frame?

D. Find the perimeter of the trapezoid whose sides measures

75 cm and bases measures 45 cm and 50 cm.

What I Have Learned

How do we solve word problems involving perimeter of closed

figures? To solve word problems, we follow these four steps.

Direction: Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

U__________________
P__________________
S__________________
C__________________ and
L_______ B_________

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 What I Can Do

Direction: Read carefully, then solve the problem on a sheet of

paper.

1. The perimeter of a square bulletin board is 280 cm. How long is

one of its side.

2. The perimeter of a rectangular board is 24 cm. If its length is

9 cm and its width is one third of its length, what is its width?

3. The parallelogram which measure 15 cm by 25 cm and a square

have the same perimeter. What is the length of one side of the
square?

4. Which has a longer perimeter, a square whose side is 3 metres

or a rectangle whose side measures 2 m by 3 m?

5. An equilateral triangle has a side of 35 cm.What is the distance

around the triangle?

Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter
of your answer on a sheet of paper.

1. May has an illustration board which is 30 cm long and 18 wide

for his projet in EPP. She will put a lace around it as decoration.
How many centimeters of lace does he need?
A. 48 cm C. 96 cm
B. 78 cm D. 120 cm

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2. Ian jogs around a rectangular park which measures 95 m by
60 m. How far is the distance covered by Ian if he goes around
the park thrice?
A. 155 m C. 950 m
B. 930 m D. 1240 m

3. Eljhay has a square cartolina whose side measures 20 cm each.

She cuts the cartolina into two equal rectangles. Find the
perimeter of one piece of rectangle.
A. 40 cm C. 80 cm
B. 60 cm D. 90 cm

4. At ₱150 per metre of fencing materials, how much will Mr.

Custodio spend to fence his rectangular lot which measures 25
by 20 m?
A. ₱ 6 750 C. ₱ 13 500
B. ₱ 10 400 D. ₱ 75 000

5. Ten workers are fencing a 25 m by 28 m stadium. They had

finished fencing 95 m . How many more metres of fence do they
need to build?
A. 11 m C. 148 m
B. 106 m D. 201 m

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 Additional Activities

Direction: Solve each problem on a separate sheet of paper.

1. How many centimeters of

ribbon will Danie need to
decorate the sides of a bed
sheet which measures
138 cm by 83 cm?
2. A rectangle has perimeter of
24 cm. If the height of the
rectangle is 5cm. What is the
length of the rectangle?
3. An equilateral triangle has a
perimeter of 57 cm. What is
the length of 1 side?
4. The side of a square is 24 cm. If 6 squares are placed side by
side, What is the perimeter?
5. A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 dm. Its width is 5 dm less its
length. The longer side is 15 dm. Find the width.

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What’s In What’s More What’s More
1. 60 cm B A
2. 20 m
3. 50 cm 1. The perimeter of the 1. How many meters of
4. 70 cm triangle fencing materials are
5. 80 cm 2. 24 cm ; 34 cm ;52 needed
cm 2. 19 m ; 15 m
What I Know 3. Addition 3. Addition ;
4. 24+34+52 = n multiplication
1. 15 cm 5. 110 cm 4. 19 (2) + 15 (2)=n or
2. 200 cm 19+19+15+15
3. 2 600 cm 5. 68 m
4. 308 m Assessment
5. 36 m
1. 72 cm
2. 245 cm
What I can Do Assessment Additional Activities
1. 70 cm 1. 96 cm 1. 442 cm
2. 3 cm 2. 930 m 2. 7 cm
3. 20 cm 3. 60 cm 3. 19 cm
4. A square 4. ₱ 13,500 4. 336 cm
5. 105 cm 5. 11 m 5. 10 dm
Answer Key
References

A. Books

K to 12 Mathematics Curriculum Guide, August 2016 MELCs per

SUBJECT (SY 2020-2021).

MELCs per SUBJECT (SY 2020-2021) – DepEd Commons

https://commons.deped.gov.ph/K-to-12-MELCS-with-
CH-Codes.pdf

Tabilang, A. et. al. Mathematics: Learner’s Material, Mathematics:

Teacher’s Guide. Pasig City: Lexicon Press, 2015

B. Electronic Sources

https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/Dlp Gr. 4 Module 83: Comprehension

of perimeter of square and rectangle, 2009.

https://lrmds. depedldn.com Basic Education Assistance for

Mindanao (BEAM). “Learning Guide Grade IV
Mathematics Measurement Module 18 - Comprehension
of Perimeter”. June 2009.

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