READING ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY SHEETS (REAS)

Mathematics 9 – Quarter 3

Name:___________________________________________________________________________
School: _______________________________________ District: ____________________

Competency: Solve problems that involve triangle similarity and right triangles.
(M9GE-IIIj-1)

Directions: Read and understand the text then, answer the questions that follow.

A Long Journey
by Leian Gretel D. Nerida

Illustrated by Bernard M. Bunuan

Areiana and Rhyndel are cousins who live in a little village. They set out on a
long vacation. They wanted to have fun and enjoy their vacation, so they made a
plan. Areiana wants to go to the beach and play scavenger hunt with other people,
while Rhyndel wants to do mountaineering. They both agreed that they would go
for a hike.
One day, they went for a hike in the mountains, and saw a Philippine eagle,
also known as the monkey-eating eagle. Areiana and Rhyndel look up at the
monkey-eating eagle at the same angle as shown in the figure, but Areiana is
standing 800 feet away from the mountain, and the Philippine eagle is 200 feet
above her head. If Rhyndel is standing 1000 feet away from the mountain, how far
is his head from the monkey-eating eagle?
1. How far is Areiana from the Mountain?
A. 200 ft B. 400 ft
C. 800 ft D. 1000 ft
2. Where does Rhyndel want to go during their vacation?
A. beach B. mountains
C. park D. zoo
3. What did Areiana and Rhyndel do during their vacation?
A. biking B. hiking
C. jogging D. swimming
4. What is the height of the Philippine eagle from Areiana’s head?
A. 200 ft B. 400 ft
C. 800 ft D. 1000 ft
5. What equation could be used to find how far the Philippine eagle is above
Rhyndel’s head?
x 1000 800 200
A. = B. =
200 800 1000 x
800 x x 200
C. = D. =
1000 200 1000 800