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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 9:
Differentiating Perimeter
From Area
Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 3 – Module 9: Lesson 1 – Differentiating Perimeter from Area ( M4ME-IIIj-53 ) and
Lesson 2 – Converting Square Centimeters to Square Meters and
Vice Versa ( M4ME-IIIj-54 )
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 9:
Differentiating Perimeter
From Area
Introductory Message

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 What I Need to Know

This module is written to further improve your critical thinking and

problem solving skills. You have already learned about the meaning of a
perimeter, and now you will explore about area and its difference from
perimeter.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• differentiate area from perimeter (M4ME-IIIj-53)
• convert sq. cm to sq. m and vice versa (M4ME-IIIj-54)

What I Know

A.Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answers to make the
statements correct. Choose your answers from the box.

Perimeter Square units

Area Units

1. __________ refers to the space or region occupied by a closed figure.

2. The distance around a closed figure is called ____________.
3. We use __________ in expressing perimeter.
4. ___________ is used in measuring area.

B.Directions: Give the equivalent asked for.

1. 250,000 cm2 = _____ m2

2. ______ cm2 = 5 m2
3. 40,000 cm2 = _____ m2
4. ______ cm2 = 10 m2
5. 60,000 cm2 = _____ m2

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Directions: Solve for the perimeter and area. write your answers in your
activity notebook.
Perimeter Area
1. 4m

4m 4m

4m

2. 5m

3m 3m

5m

3.
4 cm 4 cm

4 cm

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 Lesson
Differentiating Perimeter
1 from Area

What’s In

Let us review first some of the concepts that can help you
understand the difference between perimeter and area.

Comparison Chart
Area Perimeter
- It is the measurement of the - It is the measurement of
space inside a shape. the distance around a
Definition - It is the number of square shape.
units inside a shape. - It is the distance around
the outside of a shape.
We use square units. We use centimeter units.
e.g. e.g.
Unit used 2
2 cm or 2 square 2 cm
centimeters.
For example: For example:
- to carpet the whole room - to put a fence around
- to cover tiles a whole the garden
bedroom - to put a lace around a
- to mop the whole floor curtain
Usage
area - to walk around the
- to cover a bed with quadrangle
bedsheet - to jog around a circle
- to put rubberized mat in a - to put barbedwire
classroom around the farm

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 The illustration below shows the concrete representation of area and
perimeter.

Distance around a closed Space or region occupied by a

figure. closed figure.

What’s New

There are two word problems given below. Try to analyze if which
one needs for you to solve for the distance and which one needs to know
the measurement to be used to cover a certain thing.

Directions: Read and answer the word problems below. Write your
answers in your activity notebook.

1. Jeremiah walked from his house to school, then to the park, and then
back home. How far did he walk?

School
100 m

105 m
Park

House 200m

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2. My teacher decided to cover her table with plastic. Her table measures
45 cm long and 35 cm wide.How many meters of plastic did she buy?

Questions:
What did you do to solve each problem? Why?

What is It

Yes, Good job kids, in problem no. 1, you are going to solve for the
perimeter because the problem asked you for the distance walked by
Jeremiah. It means it is around a closed figure.

You did right kids! In problem number 2, you are going to solve for
the area. The problem asked for the number of meters the teacher needs
to buy.

Here’s how?

Problem #1
P = S 1 + S2 + S 3
P = 105 + 200 + 100
P = 405 m
m is the unit of measure used
Let P, the perimeter,
S1, first side
S2, second side
and S3, third side.

Problem #2
A=LxW
A = 45 x 35
A = 1,575 m2
m2 is the unit used because 𝑚 𝑥 𝑚 means 𝒎𝟏 𝒙 𝒎𝟏 (add the
exponent)

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Based on the given examples,
Perimeter is the distance around a closed figure. It is the sum of the
length of the sides of a polygon. In perimeter, measurement express in
units.
e.g. cm

Area is the space or region occupied by a closed figure. To solve

for the area, use the formula A = L x W measurement express in square
units.
e.g. cm2

To further understand the lesson, study the following:

Perimeter Area
8 cm 8 cm

4 cm 4 cm 4 cm 4 cm

8 cm 8 cm
P = S + S + S + S or 4S A=LxW
P=8+8+4+4 A = 8 cm x 4 cm
P = 24 cm A = 32 cm2

Note: Note:
Just copy the given unit of cm is multiplied 2 times, so
measure. cm2

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 What’s More

Activity 1:
A. Directions: Solve for the perimeter of the following. Write your answers
in your notebook.
3 cm 10 m

3 cm 3 cm 5m 5m

3 cm 10 m

B. Directions: Solve for the area of the following. Write your answers in
your notebook.
10 cm 5m

8 cm 8 cm 5m 5m

10 cm 5m

Activity 2:
Directions: Derive a formula in solving for the answer of each. Write your
answer in your activity notebook.

1. Myca wants to put a lace around her handkerchief. Her handkerchief

__measures 10 cm long and 8 cm wide. How many centimeters of lace
__does she need?

2. My mother decided to cover our bedroom with floormat. Our bedroom

has a length of 100 m and a width of 90 m. How many meters of
floormat did my mother buy?

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Activity 3:
Directions: Read and answer the following problems. Write your answer
in your Math Activity Notebook.

1.One side of a square playground of Longos II Elementary School

measures 25 meters . How many meters of chicken wire are needed to
enclose the playground?

2. Our Principal is covering the floor area of his office with square tiles.
His office measures 23m long and 18m wide. How many square tiles
does he need?

Activity 4:
Direction: Identify whether the situation involves perimeter or area.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.

_______1. To jog around the oval

_______2. To cover a table with plastic
_______3. To outline a figure with a colored pencil
_______4. To sweep the entire surface of a classroom
_______5. To put a fence around the school premises

What I Have Learned

Directions: Supply the missing term. Write the correct answer in your
Math Activity Notebook.

(1) The sum of all the measures around the figure is called the
_______________ while the size of the figure is called the (2) _________
In solving for the perimeter of a square we use P = S + S + S + S or
(3) _____________.
In solving for the area of a rectangle, we use the formula
(4)_____________.
We use the formula P = S + S + S when we solve for the perimeter of
a (5)_______________.

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Use the Venn diagram below to compare and contrast

Perimeter from an Area. In the outer circle, write the things that they are
different about, while write the things that they are alike at the center of
the diagram. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Perimeter Area

1. It is a space or region occupied by a closed figure.

2. It is a distance around a closed figure.
3. It is expressed in square units.
4. It is the sum of the length of the sides of a polygon.
5. It is the number of square units that covers a surface.
6.It Involves measurements
7. It measures shapes.
8. It can be used in our daily life.

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 Assessment

Directions: Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is wrong.

Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

1. A perimeter refers to the distance around a closed figure.

2. An area is expressed in square units.
3. A space or region occupied by a closed figure is called area.
4. A perimeter is expressed in units.
5. The sum of the length of the sides of a polygon is area.

Additional Activities

Directions: Read and solve for the answer. Do it on a sheet of paper.

1. My father plowed our ricefields measuring 120 m long and 110 m wide.
How many meters did my father plow?

2. Dindin wanted to put a lace around her rectangular table. The table
measures 5 m long and 3 m wide. How many meters of lace does she
need?

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 Lesson Converting Square
Centimeters to Square
2 Meters and Vice Versa

What’s In

Remember:
Meter (m) is the basic unit of length.

Conversion Table
1m 100 cm
(1m)2 (100 cm)2
1 m2 100 x 100 cm2
1 m2 10,000 cm2

• The table shows in 1m there are 100 cm so,

• (1m)2 means (100 cm)2 therefore
• 1 m2 equals 100 x 100 cm2 since m2 is equal to 100 x 100 finally
10,000 cm2 came out

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 What’s New

Directions: Read the problem and answer the questions that follow. Write
your answer in your Activity Notebook.

Dhin and Jerem are busy cleaning the playground of Longos II

Elementary School. If the area of the school is 640,000 sq. cm, what is its
equivalent in square meters?

- What is asked in the problem?

- What operation are you going to use?
- How will you solve the problem?

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 What is It

Let us see if we have the same answer.

How will you solve this problem?

Study this:

1. 10 000 sq cm = 1 sq m
640 000 sq cm = _____sq m

Solution:

Step 1:
1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
640,000 sq. cm x 10,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚
Divide 1 sq. m by its equivalent in square cm which is 10,000 sq. cm

Step 2:
1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
640,000 sq. cm x 10,000 𝑠𝑞 𝑐𝑚

Step 3:
Divide out or cancel same unit of measure
1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
640,000 sq. cm x 10,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚

Step 4:
1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
640,000 x 10,000

Step 5:
640,000
640,000 x 1 = 10,000

Step 6:
640,000
= 64 sq.m
10,000

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Step 7:
64
= 64 sq. m
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Take note in dividing numbers with zeroes, cancel the same number
of zeroes then divide the remaining digits, then copy the unit of measure
left.

2. Myca wanted to find out how many square centimeters there in 14 sq

m. Help her to solve for the answer.

Study this:
1 sq. m = 10,000 sq.cm
14 sq.m = _______ sq. cm

Solution:

Step 1:
10,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚
14 sq. m = 14 sq. m x 1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
Multiply 14 sq. m by 10,000 because 1 sq. m = 10,000 sq. m

Step 2:
10,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚
14 sq. m x 1 𝑠𝑞.𝑚
Divide out or cancel the same unit of measure.

Step 3:
10,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚
14 x 1
140,000 𝑠𝑞.𝑐𝑚
= 1
= 140,000 sq. cm

Based on the given examples,when you convert smaller unit to

bigger unit, you divide, when you convert bigger unit to smaller unit, you
multiply.

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 What’s More
Directions: Answer the following activities in your activity notebook.

Activity 1. Change the following units as indicated:

1. 230 000 sq cm = ________________ sq m
2. 40 000 sq cm = ______________ sq m
3. 90 000 sq cm = _______________ sq m
4. 5 sq m = ____________________sq cm
5. 6 sq m = ____________________sq cm

Activity 2. Complete the table with the correct unit of square measure
needed.

Area in Square Centimeters Area in Square Meters

75 000
8
60 000
3
54 000
40 000
10
9

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the missing term/number to complete

each statement. Write your answer in your Activity Notebook.

1. 10,000 sq. cm is equal to __________ sq. m.

2. 100 cm is equivalent to __________ m.
3. 10 sq m means ____________.
4. 1 sq m is same as ____________ sq. cm.
5. 1 m is equal to ___________ cm.

What I Can Do

Directions: Read and analyze the problem, then answer the questions
that follow. Write your answers in your Activity Notebook.

Your house has a floor area of 42 sq. m. If you will clean your house,
how many square meters will you clean?

1. What is asked?
2. What are the given facts?
3. What is the process needed?
4. What is the number sentence?
5. What is the answer in the given problem?

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 Assessment

A. Read and solve the problem. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

The grassy lawn of Mr. Aggalot measures 90 000 sq cm. What is

the area of his lawn in square meters?

B. Fill in the blanks with the missing numbers to make the statement
correct.

1. 75 000 sq cm= __________sq m

2. 35 sq m = ___________sq cm
3. 40 000 sq cm = ________sq m
4. 67 sq m = __________sq cm
5. 2 sq m = _________sq cm

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 Additional Activities

Read and analyze the problem.

A 6 sq m glass sliding door was broken. Jeffrey will temporarily

replace it with plywood. How many square centimeters of plywood does
he need?

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Lesson 1 What’s New Activity 2:
1. Add the measurements of all 1. 36cm
What I Know sideds. 2. 9000𝑚2
A. 1. Area - Perimeter, because it is asking
Activity 3:
2. Perimeter for the distance between the
3. Units closed figure. 1. 100m
4. Square units 2. Solve for the area. 2. 414𝑚2
- In order to know the surface
B. 1. 25 area to be covered. Activity 4:
2. 50,000 1. Perimeter
3. 4 2. Area
4. 100,000 What’s More 3. Perimeter
5. 6 Activity 1: 4. Area
A. 12cm 5. Perimeter
C. 1. P= 16m A= 16𝑚2 30m
2. P= 16m A= 15𝑚2 B. 80 𝑐𝑚2
3. P= 16m A= 8𝑚 2 What I have Learned
25 𝑚2 1. Perimeter
2. area
3. 4S
4. L x W
5. Three-sided figure
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 What I Can Do
What’s More 1. Number of sq. cm I will clean
What I Can Do Activity 1: 2. 42 sq. m
1. 23 sq. m 3. multiply
2. 4 sq. m 4. 42 x 10,000 = N
2 1 3. 9 sq. m 5. I will clean 420,000 sq. cm
4 3 4. 50,000 sq. cm
5 5. 60,000 sq. cm Assessment:
A. 9 sq. m
Assessment: Activity 2: B.
1. True 1. 7.5 1. 7.5
2. True 2. 80,000 2. 350,000
3. True 3. 6 3. 4
4. True 4. 30,000 4. 670,000
5. False 5. 5.4 5. 20,000
6. 4
Additional Activities: 7. 100,000 Lesson 2
1. 13, 200 m2 8. 90,000 Additional Activities
2. 16 m 60,000 sq. cm
What I Have Learned
1. 1
2. 1
3. 1 m x 1 m
4. 10, 000
5. 100 cm
Answer Key
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