8 Department of Education

National Capital Region

S CHOOLS DIVIS ION OFFICE
MARIK INA CITY

MATHEMATICS
Quarter 1: Module 3
Solving Word Problems
Involving Factors of Polynomials

Jocelyn O. Hulip
Writer:
Yericrissa A. Manago
Cover Illustrator: Joel J. Estudillo

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 What I Need to Know

Hello Grade 8 learners! In this module you will learn how to:
.
Solve problems involving factors of polynomials. M8AL-Ib-2.

You can say that you have understood the lesson in this module if you can
already:
1. translate verbal expressions into mathematical expressions;
2. differentiate equations from expressions;
3. identify the method of factoring;
4. find the factors of the polynomials;
5. solve routine and non-routine problems involving factors of
polynomials.

What I Know

Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. What is the equivalent expression of “twice a number increased by
twelve”?
A. 12 + 2x B. x + 12 C. 2x + 12 D. 2x – 12
2. In 4 years, Alina will be 3 times as old as she is today. How old is
Alina?
A. 1-year old B. 2 years old C. 3 years old D. 4 years old

3. Zack is 4 times as old as Dona. Zack is also 3 years older than Dona.
How old is Zack?
A. 4 years old B. 5 years old C. 6 years old D. 7 years old

4. The area of the square is 25x 2 + 30x + 9 square units. Which

expression represents the length of the side?
A. (5x - 3) units B. (3x + 5) units C. (3x - 5) units D. (5x + 3) units

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5. The perimeter of Tina’s rectangular garden is 60 feet. If the length of
the garden is twice the width, what are the dimensions of the garden?
30 ft 20 ft
A. C.
15 ft 10 ft

24 ft 16 ft

B. D.
12ft 8 ft.
6. If the expression (x - 5)2 – 25 is a difference of two squares in the form
a2 - b2, which are a and b?
A. x and 5 B. 5 and 25 C. (x - 5) and 25 D. x2 and 25

7. In the figure below, ABCD is a square where AD measures (x+7)

centimeters. What could be the area of BDFE in factored form?

A. 2(x+7)2
B. 2(x+7)
C. 2(x+7)(x-7)
D. 2(x2+49)

8. The area of a parallelogram can be expressed as the binomial 2x 2 – 10x.

Which of the following could be the length of the base and the height of
the parallelogram?
A. 2x(x-5) C. (2x+1)(x+10)
2
B. 2x(x -5x) D. (x-5)(x+10)

9. The square of an integer is 55 less than the square of the next

consecutive integer. What is the lesser integer?
A. 24 B. 27 C. 26 D. 30

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 10. Simon has a rectangular table whose length is 5 m less than the
diagonal and a width that is 7 m less than the diagonal. If the area of his
table is 195 m2, what is the length of the diagonal?
A. 20 m B. 8 m C. 10 m D. 16 m

Lesson 1: Solving Routine Problems Involving Factoring Polynomials

What’s In

A. Match each factoring problem in Column A with the type of pattern that will
be used to factor the problem in Column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
2 2
_____ 1. x + 2xy+ y A. Quadratic Trinomial
2 2
_____ 2. x - y B. Difference of two squares
_____ 3 x – y
3 3 C. Common factor
2
_____ 4. ax + bx + c D. Perfect-square trinomial
2
_____ 5. ax + ax + a E. Sum and Difference of Two Cubes

B. Complete the table below.

Mathematical Statements Equation or Factored form or
expressions Not
3𝑥 + 12
𝑥 (2𝑥 + 1) = 10
−6𝑥 2 = −24
7 (𝑥 − 3)
12𝑥 3 − 3𝑥

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C. Match each polynomial with its correct factorization.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
2
_____ 1. x + 7x+ 10 A. (x – 2) (x + 5)
_____ 2. x – 3x– 10
2 B. (x + 2) (x + 5)
2
_____ 3. x + 3x– 10 C. (x – 2) (x – 5)
_____ 4. x –7x +10
2 D. (x + 2) (x – 5)
_____ 5. 4x2– 25 A. (2x – 5) (2x – 5)
_____ 6. 8x3– 125 B. (2x + 5) (2x – 5)
_____ 7. 4x2–20x+25 C. (2x – 5) (4x2+ 10x+25)
_____ 8. 8x3+125 D. (2x + 5) (4x2–10x+25)

D. Translate the following into a mathematical expression or equation:

Let x be the number.
Ex. The square of a numberis equal to nine times a number. Ans.

x2 = 9 • x

1. Forty-nine less square of a number. Ans.__________

2. The cube of a number equals nine times the number. Ans.______

3. Ten times the square of a number equals forty. Ans__________

Let x be the side of a square

4. The area of a square is numerically equal to five times its

perimeter.

5. The area of a square is equal to twice its perimeter. Ans____

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E. Answer the following problems:

1. A shoebox is in the form of a rectangular prism that has the

dimensions L = 11 inches, w = 7 inches, and h = 4 inches. (Note:
Volume = LWH)

a. Write expressions for the height and

length of the shoebox using w.

b. Write a polynomial that represents the

volume of the shoebox using w.

This Photo by Unknown Author is

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2. The square of Tom’s age is nine times Jerry’s age.

Find Tom and Jerry’s age.
a. Write the representation of Tom’s age
b. Write the representation of Jerry’s age
c. Form the equation

What’s New

A. Supposed the area of a rectangular fountain is (x2 + 12x + 20) ft2

The width is (x + 2) ft. Find the length of the fountain.

Guide questions:

1. What is the formula for finding the area of a rectangle? _______

2. What are the factors of x2 + 12x + 20?

3. What is the relationship between x2 + 12x + 20 and the binomial
(x + 2)?

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 4. If the width is (x + 2) ft., how will you find the length of the fountain?

5. What is the length of the fountain?

What is It

Questions to ask yourself before solving a problem:

 Does the problem give enough information or too much information?

 What is being asked in the problem?
 What do I know and what do I need to find out?
 What method, strategy, technique, or what should my solution look
like?
 What type of factoring technique might be useful?
 Can I restate the problem in my own words?

Steps in problem-solving:
1. Read and understand the problem.
2. Identify your variables.
3. Read every word in the problem and translate the given information
into an algebraic equation.
4. Solve the equation.
5. Write your answer in a complete sentence
Illustrative Examples:
Example1. Twice the square of the number is 18. Find the number.

Solution:
Step 1: Let x be the number
2x2, write a mathematical representation of “twice the square of the
number.
Step 2: Form the equation
2x2 = 18

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Step 3: Carry out the solution (apply factoring to isolate the variable)
2x2 – 18 = 0
2(x2 – 9) = 0 factor out the GCF or common monomial factor
2(x + 3) (x – 3) = 0 apply factoring difference of two square
x+ 3 = 0; x – 3 = 0 equate each factor to zero
x = -3 or x=3 solve for the unknown
Step 4: The solution set is { -3, 3}.

Example2: Linda is 4 years older than Jonathan. Six years ago she was
twice as old as Jonathan. How old are they now?
Solution:

Step 1: Read and understand the problem and write the relevant
expressions that represent the given.

Present age Age 6 years ago

Jonathan’s age X x-6
Linda’s age x+4 (x + 4) - 6

Step 2: Write the equation.

Six years ago, she was twice as old as Jonathan.
(x + 4) – 6 = 2(x – 6)

Step 3: Work out the solution to the equation

(x + 4) – 6 = 2(x – 6)
x – 2 = 2x – 12
0 = 2x – x – 12 + 2
0 = x – 10
x – 10 = 0 equate to zero
x = 10 solve for the unknown
Step 4: Answers: x = 10 (Jonathan’s age)
x + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14 (Linda’s age)

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Example3: A rectangular lawn is 6 meters longer than it is wide. The area
of the plot is 16 square meters. Find the length and width of the lawn.

Solution:
Step 1: Let w represent the width of the lawn, and then w + 6
represents the length.
Note: Area A = lw
Step 2: Write the equation
w (w + 6) = 16
Step 3: Work out the solution to the equation
w2 + 6w – 16 = 0
(w + 8)(w – 2) = 0 factor the general trinomial
w+8=0 w–2=0
w = -8 w=2

The solution -8 is not possible for the width of the

rectangular lawn, so the lawn is 2 meters wide and its
length w + 6 is 8 meters.
Step 4: Check your answer by working backward.

What’s More
Let’s Try!
A. Translate Me! Use any letter as variable.

Twice the square of a number is 32. Twice a number increased by 8 is

Answer: ________. 14. Answer: ________

Twenty-five decreased by twice a The square of the difference

number is twelve. between a number and nine is 25.
Answer: ________ Answer: ________

Paul’s age is 7 years younger than half Ben is 4 years older than Mandy.
of Marina’s age. Express their ages. The sum of their ages is 30.
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Let x be Marina’s age Let x be Mandy’s age
Let _____ be Paul’s age Let _____ be Ben’s age

Answer: ________ Answer: ________

B. What’s the equation!

Jose is 6 years older than Martha. Romina is 4 years older than Arianne. Five
The sum of their ages is 24. Find years ago, she was twice as old as
their ages. Arianne.
Complete the table
Complete the table
Martha x Present Age 5 years ago,
Jose ____________ Arianne x
Romina
Equation: ___ + ____ = ___ Equation: ___ = 2(___)

C. Solve Me!
Number problems:

Twice the square of a number is 32. The product of two consecutive

What is the number? even integers is 48. Find the
Let x be the number numbers.
Equation: __ ( __)2 = ___ Let x be the 1steven integer
Let x+2 be the 2ndeven integer
Solution: Equation: (__) ( __ + __)= ___
Solution:

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 Age problems:

Aby is 6 years older than Jonas. Six John’s father is twice as old as John.
years ago, she was twice as old as In 20 years, John will be two-thirds
he. How old is each now? as old as his father. How old is each
now?
Complete the table. Complete the table
Present Age 6 years ago,
Aby x+6 Present Age In 20 years
Jonas x John x
Write the equation: ___ = 2(___) Father 2x
𝟐
Write the equation: ___ = 𝟑(___)
Solution:
Solution:

Geometry problems:
A rectangular lawn is 2 meters
longer than its width. The area of
the lawn is 24 square meters. Find
the length and width of the lawn.
Let x be the width.
Let ____ be the length
Area = ____ square meters.
Equation:
Area= length x width
____ = ( ____ )( ___ )
Solution:
The area of a square is numerically
equal to three times its perimeter.
Find the length of its side.
Let x be the width.
Let ____ be the length
Area = ____ square meters.
Equation:
Area= s2
Perimeter = 4s
____ = ( ___ )( ___ )
Solution:

D. Try harder!
Solve the following problems (Show your complete solution).

1. The sum of a number and its square is 90. Find the number.
2. The product of two consecutive negative even integers is 48. Find the
numbers.
3. Andrew is 6 years older than his brother. In 4 years he will be twice as
old as his brother. Find the present age of each.
4. Arianne is 24 years older than her daughter Mila. In 6 years Arianne will
be twice as old as Mila. How old are they now?
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 5. The length of a rectangle garden is 2 m longer than 3 times its width.
The area is 90 m2. Find the dimensions of this rectangle.
6. The area of a square is numerically equal to four times its perimeter.
Find the length of its side.

What I Have Learned

Answer the following questions.
1. Can I easily translate verbal phrase or sentence into mathematical
expression or equation? Yes or No, justify your answer.
2. Do I understand every word in the problem? ______________
3. Can I state what is asked in the problem? ________________
4. How will I represent the unknown information based on the condition given
in the problem?

Steps in Solving word- problems involving factoring.

1. Read and understand the problem.

2. Identify your variables.
3. Read every word in the problem and translate the given information
into an equation.
4. Solve the equation.
5. Write your answer in a complete sentence.
6. Check your answer by working backward.

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 What I Can Do

Performance Task
Solve. Show all your work and explain your steps.

1. Your mother asks you to paint her jewelry

box, including the bottom. To find the
surface area (S.A) of the jewelry box , you
can use the formula S.A = 2wl + 2lh + 2wh,
where l is the length, w is the width, and h is
the height. What is the surface area of the
jewelry box in terms of x?
2. If the volume of the jewelry box is 4x3 + 16x2 – 48, what is the
length, width and height.

Rubrics:
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Mathematical Correct answer Correct answer Correct answer More than 75%
Errors with 95-100% with 85-94% of with 75-84% of of the steps and
of the solutions the steps and the steps and solutions have
have no solutions have solutions have mathematical
mathematical no no errors.
errors mathematical mathematical
errors errors.
Neatness and The work is The work is The work is The work
organization presented in a presented in presented in an appears sloppy
neat, clear, neat and organized but and
organized that organized that maybe hard to unorganized. It
is easy to read is easy to read. read at times. is hard to know
and understand what information
goes together.
Completion All problems All but one of Only one of the All of the
are completed. the problems two problems problems are
are completed. are completed. not completed

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 Assessment
Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1. What is the equivalent expression of “thrice a number increased by ten”?
A. 3x – 10 B. x + 3(10) C. x + 10 D .3x + 10
2. Translate “The product of two consecutive even integer is 120”?
A. x+ 2x2 = 120 B. x2 = 120 C. (x) (x + 2)= 120 D. x2 + 2= 120

3. The side of a square is x meters long. The length of a rectangle is 3

meters longer than the side of the square and the width is 3 meters
shorter. Which statement is true?
A. The area of the square is greater than the area of the rectangle.
B. The area of the square is less than the area of the rectangle.
C. The area of the square is equal to the area of the rectangle.
D. Any relationship cannot be determined from the given information.

4. The area of a rectangle is 21x2 + 22x – 8 square centimeters. Its length

is 3x + 4 centimeters. What is its width?
A. 7x – 1 B. 7x – 2 C. 7x – 3 D. 7x – 4

5. Arman is 3 times as old as Ariel. 5 years ago, Arman was 4 times as old
as Ariel. How old is Ariel today?
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25

6. What are the dimensions of a rectangular box if its volume is x3 + 5x2 +

6x?
A. Length: x+4; Width: x; Height: x+3
B. Length: x+3; Width: x; Height: x+2
C. Length: x+3; Width: x; Height: x+1
D. Length: x+5; Width: x; Height: x+2

7. Girlie is 4 times as old as Glenda. Five years ago, Girlie was two times
as old as Glenda. How old is Glenda?
A. 5 years old B. 10 years old C. 15 years old D. 20 years old

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 8. In 4 years, Alina will be 3 times as old as she is today. How old is Alina?
A.1-year old B. 2 years old C. 3 years old D. 4 years old

9. The area of the square is represented by 16x2 + 16x + 4 square units.

Which expression represents the length of the side?
A. (4x + 2) units B. (2x + 4) units C. (4x –2) units D. (2x –4) units

10. The area of Diana’s rectangular garden is 28 square feet. If the length
of the garden is three units more than its width, what are the dimensions
of the garden?

A. B. C. D.

Additional Activities

Solve.
1. Show all your work and explain your steps.
The volume of a square prism is 144x 3 + 216x2
+ 81x, what is an expression that could describe
the perimeter of one of the prism’s square
faces?
2. The volume of an open box is represented by
6x3 + 33x2 + 42x cubic cm. find its dimensions.

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Lesson 2. Solving Non-Routine Problem Involving Factoring of Polynomials

What’s In
A. Write the polynomial inside each figure where it belongs.

s2 – 10s + 11 f2 + 16f + 4 n2 + 10n + 25

b3 – 8 g2 – 81 4r4 – 49
24c4 + 6c h4 – 2h2 + 1 5q2 - 6q + 8
3d2 + 11d + 6 j2 + 5j + 6

125e3 + 216 3m2 – 48

General Trinomials
Perfect Square
Trinomial

Sum or Difference of
Two Cubes

Difference of Two Squares

Greatest Common Monomial

Factor

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B. Cross out the error in each solution and briefly explain why it is wrong.

1) A history teacher discovered a glass block with the volume of 330 cubic
centimeters. The block’s dimensions are x centimeters high by 13x – 11
centimeters long by 13x – 15 centimeters wide. What is the height?

Let:

Volume = length * width * height

L = 13x – 11; W = 13x – 15; H = x
Equation: x (13x – 11)(13x – 15) = 330

Solution: 169x3 – 338x2 + 165x – 330 = 0

169x2 (x - 2) + 165 (x – 3) = 0
(169x2 + 165)(x – 2) = 0
The answer is x = 2, so 13x – 11 = 15 and 13x – 15 = 11. The
dimensions are 2 cm by 15 cm by 11 cm.

Explanation: ________________________________________________

2) The combined area of two squares is 20 sq. m. Each side of one square is
twice as long as the side of the other. Determine the lengths of the sides of
each square.

Let: x be the side of smaller square

2x be the side of larger square
Equation: x2 + (2s)2 = 20
Solution: x2 + 4x2 = 20
5x2 = 20
x2 = 4
x2 – 4 = 0
(s + 2)(s – 4) = 0
Because x represents the length, we must disregard the negative
solution. So, one square has the side 2 cm, and the other has 2(2) = 4
cm.
Explanation: _________________________________________________

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3) Find two consecutive integers whose product is 72.

Let: x be the first integer

x + 1 be the next integer
Equation: x (x + 1) = 72
Solution: x2 + x = 72
x2 + x – 72 = 0
(x + 9) (x + 8) = 0
x+9=0;x+8=0
x = -9 ; x = 8
If x = -9, then x + 1 = -9 + 1 = -8. If n = - 8, then n + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9.
So, the consecutive integers are -9 and -8 or 8 and 9.
Explanation: _______________________________________________

What’s New
A. The area of the rectangular lot of a school and a square parking lot are given
as expressions. Refer to the figure below to answer the guide questions.

1) If the area of the rectangular lot is

x2 + 6x +8 sq. units, what are the
length and width?
2) If the area of square parking lot is
x2 + 2x + 1 sq. units, what is the
side?
3) Could there be another way to find
the dimensions in #1 & 2? Explain
why yes or no.

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B. The top view of a mall area is shown in the figure with stall names. Each
stall is a square and the given numbers are dimensions.

1) Supposed the total area of

stalls Gina, Mary and Lily is
3x2 + 12x + 12 sq. units, what
polynomial represents the
measure of each side (a)?
2) What are the measures of
sides a, b and c?
3) Could there be another way to
find the length of the sides of
the squares? Explain why yes
or no.

Guide Questions:

1) Compare and contrast the problems in A and B in terms of how you

solved them.
2) Which of them could be a routine and non-routine problem? Explain your
answer.

What is It

Non-routine problem is any complex problem which needs more creativity or

originality to solve. It may have different strategies to answer such as guess
and check, pattern finding, multiple-steps solutions, a model or illustration, or
breaking up the problem into smaller parts
Steps in answering non-routine problems:
1. State - answer the guide questions
- What are the given information?
- What is being asked?
2. Overview - make a plan
- create a diagram or illustration - write an equation
- list or make a table - use manipulatives
- find a pattern - break problem into parts
- guess and check - use logical reasoning

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 3. Let’s solve
- solve the problem based on your plan
-
4. Verify
- Have I answered what is asked in the problem?
- Is there another way to solve?
5. Express
- Finalize your answer, write it legibly and completely.
Remember S.O.L.V.E.
Example 1:

The school officers agreed that the canteen must be more conducive for
students by improving the floor tiles at a cost of ₱240 per square meter. If the
lobby were 1 meter narrower and 1 meter longer, the cost of tiling would be
₱19,200. Find the dimensions of the canteen.
i. State:
Cost of tiling if 1 m narrower and 1 m longer = ₱19,200
Cost per square meter = ₱240

Let x = length of one side

ii. Overview:
19 200
The area of the new lobby is = 80 m2.
240

Equation: (x+ 1)(x – 1) = 80

iii. Let’s Solve:
(x + 1)( x – 1) = 80
x2 – 1 = 80
x2 – 81 = 0
(x + 9) (x – 9) = 0
x = -9; x = 9
x = 9 is the length of one side of the square lobby.
For the dimensions
x + 1 = 9 + 1 = 10

x – 1 = 9 -1 = 8
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iv. Verify:
( x + 1)( x – 1) = 80 x + 1 = 9 + 1 = 10
x2 – 1 = 80 x – 1 = 9 -1 = 8
x2 – 81 = 0
(x + 9) (x – 9) = 0
x = -9; x = 9
v. Express: The dimensions of the canteen are 10 m and 8 m.

Example 2:

An audio-visual room contains 156 chairs. The number of chairs per row
is four less than five times the number of rows. Find the number of chairs per
row.
i. State:
Let x = number of rows
5x – 4 = number of chairs per row
ii. Overview:
Equation: x (5x – 4) = 156

iii. Let’s Solve:

( x )( 5x – 4) = 156 5x – 4 = 5(6) - 4
5x – 4x
2 = 156 = 30 - 4
5x2 – 4x – 156 = 0 = 26
( 5x + 26)(x – 6 ) = 0
5x + 26 = 0 or x – 6 = 0
𝟐𝟔
x − 𝟓 or x = 6
iv. Verify:
( x )( 5x – 4) = 156 5x – 4 = 5(6) - 4
5x – 4x
2 = 156 = 30 - 4
5x2 – 4x – 156 = 0 = 26
( 5x + 26)(x – 6 ) = 0
5x + 26 = 0 or x – 6 = 0
𝟐𝟔
x − 𝟓 or x = 6
v. Express: The number of chairs per row is 26.

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 What’s More
A. Complete the table with the needed information. The first problem is
done for you.

Problem State Overview Factoring

Technique
4cm by 6cm canvas for painting is going *Dimension of (x+4)(x+6)=168 General
to be enlarged by increasing each side painting: x2+10x+24=168 Trinomial
by the same amount. The new area is Length = 4cm x2+10x+24-
Width = 6cm 168=0
168 sq.cm. How many centimeters
*Let x be the x2+10x-144=0
increased in each dimension?
amount to be
added to each
dimension
The two squares have 216 sq. m as the
sum of their areas. Each side of the
larger square is five times the length of
a side of the smaller square. Determine
the length of the side of each square.
A rectangular colored paper is 6
centimeters long, and its width is the
same as the length of the side of a
square bond paper. If the area of the
rectangle is twice the area of the
square, find the dimensions of the both
the rectangle and square.
The square of the number of pages in a
portfolio is added to 25. If this results to
10 times the number of pages, how
many pages are there?

B. Solve the following problem using S.O.L.V.E. process.

1) A jeepney regularly travels the distance of 2x2 + 13x + 18 km, but during
rainy days it is only 2x2 + 9x + 7 km. Find the rate (kph) and time (hour)
of its travel during regular and rainy days.

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 2) The ages of three brothers are consecutive such that the product of the
two younger is 2 more than 10 times the eldest. What are their ages?

What I Have
Learned
You have just learned and practiced solving non-routine problems. Work on the
given problem below using S.O.L.V.E.
If the fountain in Marikina Freedom Park has dimensions x and 2x. The
concrete walkway around it is 5ft wide. Together, the fountain and walkway
cover 1500 ft2. Find the dimensions of the fountain.

State Overview Let’s solve

Verify
Express

What I Can Do

“Reuse, Reduce, Recycle”

In your own little way, be environmentally friendly by reducing waste materials

in your house. Follow the steps and answer the questions.

1) Estimate the usual volume of the garbage in your household and write
a polynomial to represent it.
2) What waste do you usually throw away that can be reused or recycled?
List down as many as you can.
3) Write a polynomial to show the reduced volume when you reuse and
recycle.
4) Write a mathematical problem to show how you reduced waste materials
by using the polynomials you wrote in Nos.2 & 3. Follow the pattern of
the problem below:
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The usual volume of a household’s garbage is ____. A family member decided
to reuse and recycle to be able to reduce the volume to _____. Factor out the
volume. Show your solution.

This rubric shows how you are graded in this activity.

Criteria Outstanding Satisfactory Developing Beginning
4 3 2 1
Accuracy of All All Most of the Some of the
representation computations computations computations computations
and are correct are correct. are correct. are correct.
computation and detailed.
(50%)

Utilization of All resources Most of the Some of the Resources

Resources are efficiently resources are resources are are not
(30%) utilized. efficiently efficiently utilized
utilized. utilized. properly
Organization The ideas The ideas and The ideas and The ideas and
(20%) and facts are facts are facts are facts are not
complete and completely mostly orderly orderly
orderly orderly written. written.
written and written.
well
prepared.

Assessment

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1) In the expression (x - 5)2 – 25, identify a and b.
A. x and 5 B. 5 and 25 C. x-5 and 25 D. x2 and 25
2) All the short line segments in the figure below are perpendicular to each
other and 1 inch long. What is the total area of the four shaded sections?
A. 35 square inches
B. 60 square inches
C. 32 square inches
D. 16 square inches

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3) In the figure below, ABCD is a square where AB
measures (x+7) centimeters. Determine the area of
BDFE in factored form.

A. 2(x+7)
B. 2(x+7)(x-7)
C. 2(x+7)2
D. 2(x2+49)

4) A parallelogram has the height that measures 5 meters more than its base.
If the area is 36 m2, what is the height in meters?
A. 4 m B. 9 m C. 12 m D. 12 m

5) The area of a parallelogram can be expressed as the binomial 2x2 – 10x.

Which of the following could be the length of the base and the height of the
parallelogram?
A. 2x(x2-5x) C. (2x+1)(x+10)
B. 2x(x-5) D. (x-5)(x+10)

6) Pedro owns a rectangular plot that has an area of 3280 square cm. The
length of the plot is 2 more than twice the width. What is the width?
A. 40 cm B. 50 cm C. 60 cm D. 70 cm

7) The square of an integer is 55 less than the square of the next consecutive
integer. What is the lesser integer?
A. 27 B. 30 C. 26 D. 40

8) Elena reduces a cardboard to fit in the bulletin board. She needs the
cardboard to be one-third of the area of the original. The original size is
4cm by 6cm. How many centimeters is the smaller dimension of the
reduced cardboard if each dimension changes the same amount?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 10 D. 2

9) Simon has a rectangular table whose length is 5 m less than the diagonal
and a width that is 7 m less than the diagonal. If the area of his table is 195
m2, what is the length of the diagonal?
A. 10 m B. 15 m C. 20 m D. 25 m

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10) A 4cm by 6cm canvas for painting is going to be enlarged by increasing
each side by the same amount. The new area is 168 sq.cm. How many
centimeters increased in each dimension?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12

Additional Activities

Solve the following problems. Write your solutions.

1. Yvon and Ysabel are sisters. Yvon is 4 years older than Ysabel. The
product of their ages is 192. Find the ages of the girls.
2. The number of books per shelf is one less than nine times the number
of shelves. If the bookcase contains 140 books, find the number of
shelves.

SUMMATIVE TEST

Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Translate “The sum of two consecutive odd integers”.

A. x + (x + 2) B. x + 2 C. 2x + 1 D. x – 3
2. The length of a rectangular frame is 4 cm more than its width. The area of
the frame is 60 square cm. Translate this situation into an equation.
A. w (w – 4) = 60 D. w (w - 4)2 = 60
B. w (w + 4) = 60 C. 2w (w – 4) = 60
3. The total cost c in selling the goods is represented by 2c 2 – 3c + 1. Factor

this expression.
A. (2c + 1)(c – 1) B.(2c – 1)(c – 1) C.(2c – 1)(c – 2) D. (2c + 1)(c + 1)

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4. The side of a square is x meters long. The length of a rectangle is 3 meters
longer than the side of the square and the width is 3 meters shorter. Which
statement is true?
A. The area of the square is greater than the area of the rectangle.
B. The area of the square is less than the area of the rectangle.
C. The area of the square is equal to the area of the rectangle.
D. Any relationship cannot be determined from the given information.

5. The area of the square is represented by 16x2 + 16x + 4 square units. Which
expression represents the length of the side?
A. (4x + 2) units B. (2x + 4) units C. (4x – 2) units D. (2x – 4) units

6. All the short line segments in the figure below are perpendicular to each
other and 1 inch long. What is the total area of the four shaded sections?
A. 32 square inches
B. 40 square inches
C. 72 square inches
D. 64 square inches

7. A parallelogram has the height that measures 5 meters more than its base.
If the area is 36 m2, what is the height in meters?
[area of parallelogram = (base)(height)]
A. 4 m B. 12 m C. 9 m D. 12 m

8. Pedro owns a rectangular plot that has an area of 3280 square cm. The
length of the plot is 2 more than twice the width. What is the width?
A. 45 cm B. 50 cm C. 60 cm D. 40 cm

9. Elena reduces a cardboard to fit in the bulletin board. She needs the
cardboard to be one-third of the area of the original. The original size is
4cm by 6cm. How many centimeters is the smaller dimension of the
reduced cardboard if each dimension changes the same amount?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6

10. A 4cm by 6cm canvas for painting is going to be enlarged by increasing

each side by the same amount. The new area is 168 sq.cm. How many
centimeters increased in each dimension?
A. 6 B. 12 C. 10 D. 8

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 Development Team of the Module
Writer: JOCELYN O. HULIP, Marikina High School
YERICRISSA A. MANAGO, Parang High School

Editors: GEMO PARAJAS, Principal (BNHS)

BIELYNDA DAELO, Jesus Dela Peña High School
VIOLENTINA ASUNCION, Parang High School
AMOR G. AGARRO, Marikina High School
MARITES M. BENDOY, Tanong High School
JOEL ESTUDILLO, Jesus Dela Peña High School
LOURDES B. GUYONG – Nangka High School

Internal Reviewers: Dominador J. Villafria (Education Program Supervisor-Mathematics)

Freddie D. Viernes (Public Schools District Supervisor)

Cover Illustrator: Joel J. Estudillo (SNNHS)

Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Dominador J. Villafria
Education Program Supervisor-Mathematics

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

Education Program Supervisor– LRMS

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Schools Division Office- Marikina City

Email Address: sdo.marikina@deped.gov.ph

191 Shoe Ave., Sta. Elena, Marikina City, 1800, Philippines

Telefax: (02) 682-2472 / 682-3989

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