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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 10:
Differentiating
Perimeter from Area

CO_Q3_Mathematics 4_Module 10
Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 3 – Module 10: Differentiating Perimeter from Area
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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 10:
Differentiating
Perimeter from Area
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 What I Need to Know

Area and perimeter are two important concepts in mathematics.

Both have practical applications and are used in our day-to-day
lives. Perimeter is the distance around a figure while area is the
measure of the surface enclosed within a region.

Different shapes may have the same perimeter but different areas,
or they may have the same area but different perimeters. Still,
there are different shapes having the same area and perimeter.

At the end of this module, you should be able to differentiate

perimeter from area.

What I Know

Read and answer each item carefully. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.

1. For a closed figure, what do we look at when we want to know

its area?
a. outside the closed figure
b. its outline
c. inside the closed figure
d. either outside or inside the closed figure

2. If you have to build a fence around your backyard, what will

you measure to find the amount of fencing material you
would need?
a. side b. perimeter c. area d. volume

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3. For a closed figure, what do we look at when we want to know
its perimeter?
a. its corners
b. its outline
c. its inside/surface
d. either outside or inside the closed figure

4. Mang Ramon wants to surround his rectangular flower

garden with a wooden fence. What does he need to measure
to find how much wooden fence he needs?
a. area c. perimeter
b. volume d. side

5. Which of the following statements best describes the relation

between the number of linear units along the outline of a
figure and the number of square units enclosed in its outline?
a. They are the same.
b. The number of linear units is greater than the number
of square units
c. The number of linear units is less than the number of
square units.
d. There is no relation as the number of linear units along
the outline of a figure may be less than, equal to, or
greater than the number of square units enclosed within
the outline of the figure.

6. The shape shown has an area of 35 square units. What is its

perimeter?
a. 30 units
b. 20 units
c. 25 units
d. 24 units

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 7. What is the area of a square with a perimeter of 20 units?
a. 20 sq units
b. 25 sq units
c. 30 sq units
d. 35 sq units

8. What is the area of a square with a perimeter of 24 units?

a. 34 square units
b. 35 square units
c. 32 square units
d. 36 square units

9. The shape shown has an area of 48 square units. What is its

perimeter?
a. 26 units
b. 28 units
c. 30 units
d. 36 units

10. What is the perimeter of the rectangle below which has an

area of 60 square meters?
a. 38 meters
b. 40 meters
c. 36 meters
d. 42 meters

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

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 Lesson
Differentiating Perimeter
1 from Area

What’s In

A. Matching type: Match the terms in Column A with their

descriptions in column B. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.

A B

_______1. side a. the longer side of a rectangle

_______2. length b. a line that is part of the outline

of a geometric figure

_______3. width c. the shorter side of a rectangle

B. Find the perimeter of each figure. Use the formula.

4. 5.

5 cm 5 cm

5 cm 7 cm

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

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 What’s New

Teacher Pat wants to know how many square meters of carpet

grass will be needed to cover the 6 meters by 4 meters rectangular
garden in the school yard and the exact length of fencing materials
needed to enclose it. She doesn’t want to waste money by ordering
more than the materials needed or by ordering too little. She asked
Criselda to find the area and the perimeter of the garden. But the
problem is, she cannot differentiate perimeter from area.

Below is an illustration of the rectangular garden. Let us help

Teacher Pat solve the problem.

What is It

Before we continue with the discussion, let us first

understand the meaning of perimeter and area of a certain shape
or plane figure.

Perimeter is the distance around a closed figure. If the figure

is formed by straight lines, the perimeter is the sum of all the
lengths of these lines. The straight lines are referred to as the sides
of the figure.

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 Area is the measure of the region or surface a figure encloses.

To better understand these two concepts and their difference,

let’s use the figure below.

meters
Width
–
4
Length – 6 meters

The figure is a graph/grid sheet representation of the

rectangular garden measuring 6 meters by 4 meters.

The outline or border is where Teacher Pat is to put the fence.

The shaded portion is the part of the garden that needs to be
covered with carpet grass.

The whole length of the outline or the border is the perimeter

of the rectangular garden and is also the length of the fence
Teacher Pat needs to enclose the garden.

To find its perimeter, count the number of linear units along

the border or outline of the rectangle. Clearly, there are 20 linear
units along the outline of the rectangle. Therefore, the perimeter of
the rectangular garden is 20 units or 20 meters.

Observe that we could have gotten the perimeter of the

rectangular garden by adding twice the length and twice the width.
Twice 6 meters is 12 meters; and twice 4 meters is 8 meters. The
sum is, of course, 20 meters.

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 While we have used the term perimeter here to refer to the
distance around the closed figure, it may also be used to refer to
the outline or the border of the closed figure.

The area of this rectangular garden, on the other hand, is the

amount of surface enclosed within the rectangle. For Teacher Pat,
this is what needs to be covered with carpet grass.

To find the area of the garden, count the number of square

units enclosed within the rectangle. We can count 24 square units
enclosed within the rectangle. Therefore, the area of the
rectangular garden is 24 square units, or 24 square meters.

Observe that we could have gotten the area of the rectangular

garden by multiplying its length and width. The product of 6
meters and 4 meters is, of course, 24 square meters.

Teacher Pat therefore needs 20 meters of fence to enclose the

garden and 24 square meters of carpet grass to cover it.

Let us look at the square and the rectangle below as we try to

observe how their perimeters and areas relate to the length of their
sides.
Width – 3 cm

Side – 4 cm Length – 7 cm

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 The table below shows us the lengths of the sides of the
figures and their perimeter and areas.

Figure Side Length Width Perimeter Area

Square 4 cm - - 16 cm 16 cm
Rectangle - 7 cm 3 cm 20 cm 21 cm

Observe that:
 For the square: The perimeter is 4 times the length of
one side. This is because all its four sides are of the same
length. The area, on the other hand, is the square of the
length of one side.

 For the rectangle, the perimeter is the sum of twice its

length and twice its width. This is because the two pairs
of opposite sides have the same length. The area, on the
other hand, is the product of the length and width.

Are the above observations true for all squares and rectangles?
Why?

What’s More

Differentiate perimeter from area by filling-in the table below using

the different phrases and statements that follow.

Basis Area Perimeter

Meaning 1. 2.
Unit of 3. 4.
measurement
No. of dimensions 5. 6.
Example 7. 8.

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 a. Amount of surface enclosed within a closed figure.
b. Square units
c. Linear units
d. Distance around a closed figure
e. One
f. Two
g. The number of square units of grass to cover a garden
h. Length of fence required to enclose a garden.

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

What I Have Learned

The differences between perimeter and area are:

 Perimeter is the distance around a closed figure or the length
of the outline of a closed figure. Area is the measurement of
the amount of surface enclosed within the closed figure.
 Perimeter is expressed in linear units; area in square units
 Perimeter involves only one dimension; area involves two
dimensions.

What I Can Do

Write A if the statement talks about area and P if it talks about

perimeter.

1. Aling Juana wants to build a fence around her lemon

orchard.

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 2. Mang Mario covered his living room with wooden tiles.
3. Rissa wants to put some lace around the edges of her
neckerchief.
4. The interior decorator painted the entire wall in his favorite
color.
5. Darrel surrounded the flower garden with bamboo sticks.
6. She covered the stain on the table with a fresh coat of paint.

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

Assessment

Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following statements best describes the difference

between perimeter and area?
a. Area is the measurement of the surface enclosed within
a closed figure while perimeter is the distance around the
closed figure.
b. Area is the distance around a closed figure while
perimeter is the measure of the surface enclosed within
the closed figure.
c. Area is measured by counting the linear units along the
outline of a closed figure while perimeter is measured by
counting the number of square units enclosed in the
figure.
d. Area and perimeter have the same measurement.

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2. How does area differ from perimeter when it comes to
measurement?
a. Measurement of perimeter is expressed in square units
while area is expressed in linear units.
b. Measurement of area is expressed in square units while
perimeter is expressed in linear units.
c. Area, in terms of the number of square units, is always
less than perimeter, in terms of linear units.
d. Area, in terms of the number of square units, is always
equal to perimeter, in terms of the number of linear units.

3. How does area differ from perimeter when it comes to

dimensions?
a. Perimeter has two dimensions while area has only one
dimension.
b. Both perimeter and area have two dimensions.
c. Perimeter has two dimensions while area has no
dimensions.
d. Perimeter has only one dimension while area has two
dimensions.

4. Which of the following statements uses the measurement of

both area and perimeter?
a. the capacity of a box and the length of a table.
b. the length of the stage and the width of the classroom.
c. space amount of surface covered by the garden and the
length of fence required to enclose the garden.
d. the height of the building and the length of the door.

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Find the area and the perimeter of the following figures by counting
the corresponding units.

1 linear unit - 1 square unit –

5. Area _________ 7. Area __________

6. Perimeter _________ 8. Perimeter __________

9. Area _________
10. Perimeter _________

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

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 Additional Activities

Using a graphing paper,

1. Draw a square which is 11 units on each side and showing

the number of square units enclosed.
2. Determine the perimeter by counting the linear units along
the outline of the square; and the area by counting the
square units enclosed within the outline of the square.
3. Draw any rectangle and indicate its length and width.
4. Determine the perimeter and the area of your rectangle by
counting the linear units along its outline and the square
units within the outline of the rectangle.
5. Write the relationship between the length of a square and its
perimeter and also its area.

Are you done answering? If yes, time to check. Please go to page

14 for the Answer Key.

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What I Know What’s In
1. c 1. b
2. b 2. a
3. b 3. c
4. c 4. 28 m
5. d 5. 30 m
6. d
7. b
8. d
9. b
10. a
Basis for Comparison Area Perimeter
Meaning Amount of surface enclosed Distance around a
closed
in a closed figure figure.
Unit of measurement Square units Linear unit
No. of dimensions Two One
Example The number of square units Length of fence required to
of grass to cover a garden enclose the garden.
What I can Do Assessment Additional Activities
1. P 1. a 1. (Illustration or drawing of a
2. A 2. b square that has 11 units on
3. P 3. b each side.)
4. A 4. c 2. Area = 121 sq units
5. P 5. 72 sq m Perimeter = 44 units
6. A 6. 34 m
7. 63 sq m 3-4. (answers may vary)
8. 32 m 5. The perimeter of a square is
9. 75 sq m
four times the length of a side of
10. 56 m
the square. The area of a square
is the length of a side of the
square multiplied by itself.
Answer Key
References

Book

Tabilang, Alma R. et. Al. Mathematics 4 Learner’s Material.

Department of Education. 2015. pp. 188-191,

Website

Surbhi S. “Difference Between Area and Perimeter.”

Keydifference.Com. . September 1, 2017.
https://keydifferences.com/difference/between-area-and-
perimeter.html

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