Area of a Triangle

I. Learning Objectives
Cognitive:

Find the area of a triangle

Psychomotor:

Solve problems in finding the area of a triangle

Affective:

Show cooperation by sharing one's ideas

II. Learning Content

Skill:

Finding the area of a triangle

References:

BEC-PELC IV.B.1.a
Mathematics 4

Materials:

meter stick, ruler, tape, scissors, cutouts

Values:

Cooperation and sharing one's ideas

III. Learning Experience

A. Preparatory Activities
1. Drill
Let the pupils give the answers by multiplying two adjacent numbers until the time the
triangle is completed.

2
9

8
6

1
4

2
9

Triangle Round Up
2. Review
Using cutouts of triangle flaglets with labels on each side, ask the pupils to give the
formula infinding the area of a triangle. Let them give the equation for each triangular
flaglet.

3. Motivation
Amado made a triangular lantern with a base of 30 cm and a height of 25 cm.
What is the total area of the lantern?
Ask:

What are lanterns for?

What will you do to make the lanterns beautiful?
What is the shape of the lantern?

B. Developmental Activities
1. Presentation
Using the given word problem, let each group do the assigned activity.
Group A
1) Illustrate on how to find the area of the triangle.
2) Solve for the area of the triangle.
Group B
1) Using a cartolina, show the exact measurement of the triangle.
2) Label each side and find the area of the triangle.
Group C
1) Show a rectangular shape that measures 25 cm high and a base of 30 cm.
2) Cut the figure diagonally and solve the area.
Group D
1) Solve for the area.

2) Explain your answers.

3) How did you work with other members of your group? Why?
2. Analysis/Organization
a. What is the exact measurement of the triangular cloth?
h 25 cm
b 30 cm

25 cm

30 cm
b. How will you find the area of the triangle?
A = 1 x (25 x 30)
2
= (25 x 30)
2

= 750
2
= 375 cm2

c. Look at the answer, what did you notice?

The answer must be expressed in square units.
3. Practice Exercise
Find the area of the triangle.
a.

b. h 10 m
b 12 m
3cm
4 cm

c. A triangular-shaped lot has a base of 20 m and a height of 15 m. What is the area?

4. Generalization
How did you get the area of a triangle?
To get the area of a triangle, we multiply the base by its height then divide it by 2.
The formula is: A = 1/2 (b x h)

C. Application
Manny is planning to have 2 triangular flaglets for the school activity. He has 1 whole
piece of cartolina with length of 80 cm and 75 cm wide. Find the area of each triangle.
a. If you are Manny, what will you do?
b. What will you do to find the area of the triangle?
c. What is the area of the triangle?
IV. Evaluation
1. Here is the diagram of a lot bough by Jose. He subdivided it diagonally. The reulting 2 lots
are triangular. He gave one lot to his nephew. Wahat is the area of the lot?

25 m

28 m
2. Act out:
7 pupils will represent the height
10 pupils will represent the base
What is the area?
How will you go about it?
V. Assignment
Find the area.
1.
4 cm
6 cm
2. The triangular lot has a base of 20 m and a height of 15 m. What is the area of the lot?
3. Measure a piece of a grade 4 paper, find the measurement of the length and the width. Fold it
diagonally and solve the area of the triangle formed.