Area and Perimeter of Plane Figures

Perimeter distance around the polygon

Area number of square units needed to cover a figure
Plane Figures
Perimeter
1. Triangle
a.
a+b+c

Area
bh / 2

b.
3s

s2 3
4

2l + 2w

Lw

2. Rectangle

3. Square
4s

4. Trapezoid
add the measure of all sides

(b 1+b 2)
2

5. Parallelogram

6. Circle

2l + 2w

Lh

d 2 r

IV. Evaluation
A. Bookdrill:
Answer drills on pages 66 68

B. Notebook drills:
Please refer to Geometry (Patterns and Practicalities) pages 71 73

Find the area and perimeter of the following

1.
2.
5m

8ft
17 ft

3.

4.

5.

C. Solve
1. A rectangular lot will be fenced using barbed wires. Its dimensions are
24 m and 2000 meters.
a. What is the minimum length of barbed wires to be used to fence
the whole lot?
b. If a meter of barbed wire costs 135Php, how much will be spent
for the fencing?
2. What is the area of the largest circle that can be cut from a square
cardboard which side measures 18 inches?