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Mathematics
Third Quarter
Module 11: Word Problems
Involving Sides and Angles of a
Polygon

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 7
Mathematics
Third Quarter
Module 11: Word Problems
Involving Sides and Angles of a
Polygon

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 INTRODUCTION

This module is written in support of the K to 12 Basic Education

Program to ensure attainment of standards expected of you as a learner.
This aims to equip you with essential knowledge on word problems
involving sides and angles of polygons.
This includes the following activities/tasks:
 Expected Learning Outcome – This lays out the learning
outcome that you are expected to have accomplished at the end
of the module.
 Pre-test – This determines your prior learning on the particular
lesson you are about to take.
 Discussion of the Lesson – This provides you with the
application of the knowledge, principles and attitude that will
help you meet the expected learning outcome.
 Learning Activities – These provide you with the application of
the knowledge and principles you have gained from the lesson
and enable you to further enhance your skills as you carry out
prescribed tasks.
 Post-test – This evaluates your overall understanding about the
module.

With the different activities provided in this module, may you find this
material engaging and challenging as it develops your critical thinking skills.

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 What I Need to Know

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

 solve problems involving sides and angles of a polygon.

What I Know

Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write only the
letter of the correct answer in your notebook.

1. What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?

a. 180° b. 360° c. 540° d. 720°
2. What is the sum of the exterior angles of an octagon?
a. 180° b. 360° c. 540° d. 720°
3. How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its
interior angles is 180°?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12
4. An exterior angle of a regular polygon measures 36°. How
many sides does the polygon have?
a. 10 b. 8 c. 5 d. 3
5. What is the area of a square in which one side is 12 cm?
a. 24cm2 b. 48cm2 c. 64cm2 d. 144cm2

What`s In
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Directions: Determine the measures of the angles marked with letters. Write
your answer in your notebook.
(Note: Figures are not drawn to scale.)

1 2 3

What`s New

In this module, you’re going to study on how to solve word problems. A

problem like:

The width of a rectangle is 3 feet less than its length. The

perimeter of the rectangle is 110 feet. Find its dimensions.
Questions:

1. What are the given facts in the problem?

2. What is asked in the given problem?
3. What is the number sentence of the given problem?

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What Is It

What is a word problem?

A word problem is a math problem written out as a short story or

scenario. Basically, it describes a realistic problem and asks you to imagine
how you would solve it using math. Word problems aren’t just on school
tests. You solve word problems every day in your work or even while you’re
just out and about.

To solve geometric word problems, you will need to memorize some

geometric formulas for at least the basic shapes (circles, squares, right
triangles, etc). Usually, you will figure out from the word problem which
formula to be use, and sometimes, you will need more than one formula for
one exercise.

Here are some of the formulas that can be used.

Polygon Area Formula Perimeter Formula

Triangle A =½ b h P = a +b +c
where a, b and c are sides of a
where b=base, h=height
triangle.

A=lw P = 2l + 2w
where l=length, w=width
Rectangle where l=length, w=width
A = s2 P = 4s
where s= side
Square where s= side
A=bh P=a+b+c+d
where a, b, c and d are sides of a
Parallelogra where b=base, h=height
parallelogram
m
A = ½ h ( b1 +b2) P=a+b+c+d
where h=height, b1 and b2 where a, b, c and d are sides of a
Trapezoid
are parallel sides trapezoid

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 ( 180 ) (n−2)
(180)(n-2)
n

You can solve any word problem by following these five steps:
Step 1: Read through the problem carefully and figure out what it's
all about and what are the given.
Step 2: Represent unknown numbers with variables.
Step 3: Translate the rest of the problem into a mathematical
expression.
Step 4: Solve the problem.
Step 5: Check your work.

Study and analyze the following examples carefully.

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Example 1:

The perimeter of a rectangular lawn is 26 m. If the length of the lawn is 5m,

what is the width of the lawn?

5m

Step1: You were asked to find the width of the rectangular park given
that the Perimeter is 26m and the length is 5m.

Step 2: Let W be the width of the rectangular park

Let L be the length of the rectangular park

Step 3: To solve for the width of the rectangular park, we use the
formula
P = 2L + 2W.

Step 4: Solution:

P = 2L + 2W ( substitute P by 26 and L by 5 )
26 = 2(5) + 2W ( multiply 2 and 5 )
26 = 10 + 2W
26+(-10) = 10+(-10) +2W ( add both sides by -10 )
26 = 2W ( since 2 is the coefficient of W,
(½ )(16) = (½)( 2W) multiply both sides by ½ which
is the reciprocal of 2 to obtain
the value of W)
8=W

Step 5: In checking, use the formula P = 2L +2W. Substitute the value of

W and L to the formula. So, we have
26 = 2(5) + 2(8)
26 = 10 + 16
26 = 26

The result in step 5 is equal. Therefore, the width of the

rectangular lawn is 8 meters.

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Example 2:
The area of a triangular cloth is 4800cm2. If the base of the cloth is 120cm,
what is the height of the cloth?

Step1: You were asked to find the height of the cloth given that the
Area is 4800 cm2 and the base of the cloth is 120cm.

Step 2: Let h be the height of the cloth

Let b be the base of the cloth

Step 3: To find the height of a triangular cloth, we use the formula

A= ½ b h.
Step 4: Solution:

A=½bh (substitute the given values

to the formula)
4800cm2 = ½ (120cm)(h) (multiply ½ and 120 cm)
4800cm2 = (60cm)(h)
2
4800 cm 60 cm
= (h) ( divide both sides by 60 cm)
60 cm 60 cm

80cm = h

Step 5: In checking, use A= ½ b h

4800 = ½ (120)(80)
4800 = (60)(80)
4800 = 4800

The result in step 5 is equal. Therefore, the height of a triangular cloth is

80cm.

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Example 3:

What is the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon?

Solution:

To find the sum of the interior angles of a polygon, we use the

formula sum of the interior angles of a polygon = (180°) (n -
2) where n is the number of sides.

The value of n is 5 since the given polygon in the problem is a

pentagon.

Using the formula,

Sum of the interior angles of a pentagon = (180°)(n - 2) (substitute n by 5)

= (180°)(5 - 2)
= (180°)(3)
= 540°
The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 540°.

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Example 4: How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its interior
angles is 900°?

Solution:
To find the number of sides of a polygon, we use the formula
(180°) (n - 2) where n is the number of sides. So we have now,
Sum of the interior angles of a polygon = (180°) (n - 2)
900 = (180°) (n - 2) (multiply both
sides by 1/180)
1 1
900°( 180° ) = (180°) (n - 2) ( 180° )
5 = n-2 (add both sides by 2 to
eliminate -2)
5 +2 = n + (-2 +2)
7=n
The number of sides of a polygon is 7.

Example 5: An interior angle of a regular polygon measures 60°. How many

sides does the polygon have?

Solution:

To find the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon, we use

(180) ( n−2 )
the formula interior angle of a regular polygon = where n
n
is the number of sides.

(180) ( n−2 )
60 = (multiply both sides by n)
n
60n = (180) (n-2) (multiply 180 to each term in the
quantity)
60n = 180n - 360 (add both sides by 360)
60n+ 360 = 180n + (-360 +360)
60n +360 = 180n (add both sides by -60n)
60n + -60n +360 = 180n + -60n (combine like terms)
360 = 120n (divide both sides by 120)
3 =n

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 What’s More

Directions: Fill in the blanks the correct answer to make it true. Write your
answer in your notebook.

Problem:
How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its interior
angles is 540°?

Sum of the interior ( 1.)

Solution: angles of a polygon = ______ (n - 2)
( 2.)
_____ = (180°) (n - 2)
1 ( 3.)
540°( 180° ) = (180°) (n - 2) ( ¿¿ )
_____
( 4.) = n-2

3 +_____
( 5.) = n + (-2 +2)
5=n
The number of sides of a polygon is 5.

What I Have Learned

I learned that in solving word problems, we need the steps to

solve them. These are:
Step 1: Read through the problem carefully, and figure
out what it’s all about and what are the given;
Step 2: Represent unknown numbers with variables;
Step 3: Translate the rest of the problem into a
mathematical expression;
Step 4: Solve the problem; and
Step 5: Check your work.

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Solve the following problems and write your answer in your
notebook.

1. An interior angle of a regular polygon measures 108°. How

many sides does the polygon have?

2. In a triangle ABC, the angles A,B, and C are in the ratio

2:3:4. Find the measure of each angle of the triangle.

RUBRIC
Score
4 3 2 1 0
Complet Arrived Incomplete Attempted No evidence
e the correct solution to solve of
solution answer and did attempting
with the but not arrived to show the
correct incomplete the correct solution
answer solution answer

Assessment

Directions: Read and understand each of the following questions. Write the
letter of the correct answer in your notebook.
1. What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
a. 180° c. 540°
b. 360° d. 720°

2. What is the sum of the exterior angles of a decagon?

a. 180° c. 540°
b. 360° d. 720°

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3. How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its interior
angles is 1080°?
a. 6 c. 8
b. 7 d. 9

4. In the figure below, what is the measure of the unknown angle

denoted by x?

a. 58° c. 78°
b. 68° d. 85°

5. What is the measurement of an interior angle of a regular decagon?

a. 144° c. 108°
b. 120° d. 90°

6. What is the measurement of an exterior angle of a square?

a. 144° c. 108°
b. 120° d. 90°

7. An interior angle of a regular polygon measures 90°. How many

sides does the polygon have?
a. 6 c. 4
b. 5 d. 3

8. An exterior angle of a regular polygon measures 45°. How many

sides does the polygon have?
a. 10 c. 5
b. 8 d. 3

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9. A triangle has a perimeter of 70cm. If 2 of its sides are equal and
the third side is 5 less than the equal sides, what is the length of the
third side?
a. 5cm c. 15cm
b. 10cm d. 20cm

10. The length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width. The perimeter
of the rectangle is 30 feet. Find its dimensions.
a. l = 9ft, w = 6ft c. l = 10ft, w = 7ft
b. l = 8ft, w = 5ft d. l = 11ft, w = 8ft

11. An isosceles triangle has one 110° angle. What are the measures
of the other two angles?
a. 35°, 35° c. 20°, 50°
b.45°, 25° d. 30°, 40°

12. In a quadrilateral ABCD, the angles A, B, C, and D are in the ratio

2:3:4:6. Find the measure of each angle of the quadrilateral.
a. 30°, 60°, 90°,180° c. 48°,72°,96°,144°
b. 34°, 68°,102°,156° d. 37°, 74°, 101°, 148°

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 Answer Key

What I Know
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. d

What’s In
1. 63°
2. 30°
3. 25°

What’s More
1.) 180°
2.) 540°

1
3.)
180°

4.) 3
5.) 2

What I Can do (Points were given through rubric)

1. n= 5
2. angle A= 80°, angle B= 120°, angle C= 160°

Assessment
1.d 7. c
2.b 8. b
3.c 9. d
4.d 10.a
5.a 11.a
6.d 12.c

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https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/algebra-topics/introduction-to-word-
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https://www.dummies.com/education/math/simple-steps-for-
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