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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 8:
Circumference of a Circle
Mathematics – Grade 5
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Quarter 3 – Module 8: Circumference of a Circle
(M5ME-IIIh-67, M5ME-IIIh-68, M5ME-IIIi-70)
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

Not all shapes have edges. Defined as the set of all points in a plane
with same distance from a certain point, circle gives us the idea of valuing
uniqueness from one another. Like other plane figures, it has distinctive
characteristics that can be used in studying Mathematics.

This module is designed for you to learn and understand the concepts
of the circumference of a circle; to appreciate its usefulness and importance
for many activities you encounter on a daily basis.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. visualize circumference of a circle (M5ME-IIIh-67);
2. measure circumference of a circle using appropriate tools (M5ME-IIIh-
68); and
3. find the circumference of a circle (M5ME-IIIi-70).

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 What I Know

I. Directions: Supply a letter to each blank space to form a word that

corresponds to the definition given. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. It is the distance around a circle.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

2. It is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

___ ___

3. A tool that can be used to measure the circumference of a circle.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

4. A line segment from the center of the circle to any point on the circle.
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

5. A chord that connects two points on the circle and passes through the
center.
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

II. Directions: Solve for the circumference. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper. Use 3.14 for π.

5 cm. 6 in. 10 mm.

1. 2. 3.

C = _____________ C = _____________ C = _____________

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 12 cm. 3 m.

4. 5.
C = _____________ C = _____________

Lesson
Visualizing the
1 Circumference of a Circle

You have learned in previous years the idea of getting the perimeter of
a plane figure. Perimeter is defined as the distance around the polygon. Like
other figures, we can also measure the distance around the circle.

How do we measure the distance around the circle? Is there a formula

available in getting the said distance? Or can we just use appropriate tools to
determine it? Let’s find out in this lesson.

What’s In

It’s Riddle Time!

Directions: Answer the riddle by using the product of each multiplication

sentence below. Choose a corresponding letter from the table and write it on
each blank. Use a separate sheet of paper.

“I am not a swimming pool but the volume of water here is full”.

Answer: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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 S I N P F D H O
250 60.3 4 065 76.14 37.68 948 260.1 462.5

1. 3.14 2. 4.02 3. 12.5 4. 8.67

x 12 x 15 x 20 x 30

5. 4.23 6. 18.5 7. 81.3 8. 23.7

x 18 x 25 x 50 x 40

What’s New

Direction: Read and analyze.

Reese spends her time in her mini fish pond built by her father. One
day while she is playing, she thought that it would be dangerous to stay near
the deep pond. She realized that she needs to build a fence around the circular
pond for the safety of the people who wants to see it. How would Reese
measure the length of fencing materials she needs?

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 What is It

In order to find out how much materials Reese needs to build a fence in
her circular pond, she needs to determine its circumference.

What is circumference?

Circumference is the distance around the circle.

*The broken line represents circumference.

And there are different terms that can be associated with

circumference, these are Pi, diameter, and radius.
Let us define each term:

• Pi (π) read as “pie” is the ratio of circumference of a circle to its

diameter. It is an irrational number (a decimal that is non-repeating
and non-terminating) and it cannot be expressed as a fraction nor
decimal. This is why the Greek letter π is used to denote its value.
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However, the rational numbers 3.14 and 7 are used as approximations
for π.

• Diameter (d) is a chord that connects two points on the circle and
passes through the center.

diameter
m.

*The broken line represents diameter.

• Radius (r) is a line segment from the center of the circle to any point on
the circle. It is one-half the diameter.

radius

*The broken line represents radius.

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 What’s More

Directions: List 5 things you can find inside your house. Use the format below
and check the correct column to identify if it has a circumference or not. Use
a separate sheet of paper for your answers.

Things inside the house It has It doesn’t have

circumference circumference
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct words needed to complete the
thought in each sentence. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The distance around the circle is called ___________________.

2. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is called
___________________.
3. A line segment from the center of the circle to any point on the circle is
called ___________________.
4. The chord that connects two points on the circle and passes through the
center is called ____________________.

What I Can Do
Directions: Why do we need to compute for the circumference? Give an
example or instance wherein you can use circumference in your daily life then
explain. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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 Additional Activities

Directions: Complete the table with the correct value. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.

No. Radius Diameter

Ex. 2 ft. 4 ft.
1 12 cm.
2 20 m.
3 35 dm.
4 0.75 mm.
5 1 km.

Lesson Measuring Circumference

2 of a Circle Using Appropriate
Tools

You have learned in the previous lesson the idea of circumference. It is

the distance around the circle.

How do we measure the distance around the circle? Are there

appropriate tools to determine it? Let’s find out in this lesson.

Let’s begin!

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 What’s New

Directions: Read and analyze. Write your answers on a separate sheet of

paper.

Piolo, a fisherfolk, is Reese’s father. He is helping his daughter to build

the fence on the circular fish pond he made. How can he measure the
circumference of the fence that Reese wants to build?

1. What is asked in the problem?

2. What are the tools can Piolo use to measure the circumference of the fish
pond?

What is It

In order to determine the circumference of the fish pond or anything

that is circular, we can use different measuring tools.

1. Tape Measure – a flexible measuring tool used for measuring soft or

rounded materials
2. Meter Stick - a measuring tool used to measure length up to 100
centimeters or a meter

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3. Ruler – a measuring tool used to measure short distances

4. Diameter Tape - determines the tree diameter by

measuring its circumference

5. Rope/Yarn – use to aid unbendable/not flexible measuring

tool in getting the circumference

tape measure diameter tape

rope/yarn

ruler

meter stick

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 What’s More

Experiment Time!

Directions: You have discovered that the value of π is from the ratio of the
circumference of a circle to the length of its diameter. To understand this, let
us do the activity. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Materials:
• 4 soda or tin cans or pet bottles of different sizes
• tape measure
• ruler

Procedure:
1. Label each tin can or pet bottle from A to D.

2. Using your tape measure, measure the distance around the four
bottles (circumference) in centimeters.

3. Measure the diameter of the base of the tin can using your ruler.

4. Divide the circumference by the diameter, are they related?

𝑪
Bottles Circumference (C) in cm Diameter (d) in cm or C ÷ d
𝒅

How are they related to the value of pi (π)?

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___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: What are the appropriate tools in measuring the circumference

of a circle? Using the table below, draw them in each box and describe their
uses. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Drawings Uses

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Look for the listed items that can be found in your house. Then,
measure its respective radius, diameter, and circumference. Copy the table
on a separate sheet of paper. Supply the data you gathered to complete it.

1. plate (pinggan) 3. glass (baso)

radius: radius:
diameter: diameter:
Circumference: Circumference:

2. bottle cap (tansan) 4. saucer (platito)

radius: radius:
diameter: diameter:
Circumference: Circumference:

5. Pot cover (takip ng kaldero or rice cooker)

radius:
diameter:
Circumference:

Additional Activities

Directions: Can you give some other measuring tools that can be utilized in
determining the circumference? List them and explain how will you use the
tools in getting the circumference. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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 Lesson
Finding the Circumference
3 of a Circle

You have learned in the previous lessons the idea of circumference and
the tools to measure the circumference. Like other figures, we can also
determine the distance around the circle using some formulas.

What are the formulas that we can use to come up with the distance
around the circle? Let’s find out in this lesson.

Let’s begin!

What’s New
Directions: Read and analyze. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

Ma’am Rona, Reese’s teacher saw Piolo and his daughter measuring the
distance around the circular fish pond. She told the two that it would be easier
to get the circumference by measuring first the diameter or the radius of the
pond. The teacher left and Reese helped her father measure the pond. If the
diameter is 4 meters and the radius is 2 meters, what is the circumference of
the circular pond?

1. What is asked in the problem?

2. How would they solve for the circumference if they use the measurements
of its radius and diameter?

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 What is It

Again, Circumference is the distance around the circle. And we use

these formulas to solve it:
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• C=πxd where π is equal to 3.14 or and d is the diameter.
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• C=2xπxr where π is equal to 3.14 or and r is the radius.
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Now that we have understood the concepts of the different terms

involved, let us solve for the circumference of Reese’s fish pond.
Using the formula with the diameter:

C= πxd
4 m.
C = 3.14 x 4

C = 12.56 meters

The circumference of Reese’s fish pond is 12.56 meters. Let us use the
other formula and radius as the given.

Using the formula with the radius:

C=2xπxr

C = 2 x 3.14 x 2 2 m.

C = 6.28 x 2

C = 12.56 meters

Using the other formula, the circumference of Reese’s fish pond is 12.56
meters.

What can you notice on the two answers? Yes, they are the same.

But why are the answers the same? Is it because one-half of 4 is 2 and
the half of the diameter is equal to radius?

Let us try other examples.

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 Example 1

Penelope walked across a circular garden and it is 8 feet across the

center. How far will Penelope walk around the garden?

Since the garden is circular, the distance around it is the circumference

and the distance across is the diameter.

Solution:

C= πxd
8 ft.
C = 3.14 x 8

C = 25.12 feet

The circumference is 25.12 feet.

Penelope will walk 25.12 feet around the garden.

Example 2

Maam Lisa created an improvised rolling pin to use as a teaching

tool for her learners in TLE. Its top circular face has a radius of 1.5 inches.
How far does it roll in one complete turn?

Since a rolling pin’s complete roll covers the distance around itself, it is
the circumference. And given the radius of 1.5 inches, we can use the formula
C=2 x π x r.

Solution:

C=2xπxr
1.5 in.
C = 2 x 3.14 x 1.5
C = 6.28 x 1.5
C = 9.42 inches

The rolling pin rolls 9.42 inches to make one complete turn.

Let us try to derive some other formulas that are related to

circumference. Refer to example 3.

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Example 3
Let us complete this table.

Circle Radius Diameter Circumference

1 3 m.

2 15. 25 cm.

3 43.96 ft.

Solution:
1 2 3
Given: r = 3 m Given: d = 15.25 cm Given: C = 43.96 ft.

d=2xr r=
1
xd C=πxd
2
43.96 = 3.14 x d
d=6m 15.25
= 43.96
2 d= ft.
3.14
C=πxd
r = 7.625 cm
d = 14 ft.
= 3.14 x 6 m
C=πxd 1
C = 18.84 m r= d
2
= 3.14 x 15.25 cm
14
= 2
C = 47.885 cm
C = 7 ft.

Answer:

Circle Radius Diameter Circumference

1 3m 6m 18.84 m

2 7.625 cm 15. 25 cm 47.885 cm

3 7 ft. 14 ft. 43.96 ft.

How do we solve for the circumference of a circle?

What are the formulas to find it? Let us try to answer some more exercises.

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 What’s More

Directions: Complete the table. Write your answers on a separate sheet of

paper.

1. 3.

22 mm. 5 m.

radius: diameter:

Circumference: Circumference:
2. 4.

20 cm. 8 dm.

radius: diameter:
Circumference: Circumference:
5.

25 mm.

diameter:
Circumference:

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 What I Have Learned

I. Directions: Explain the steps in solving the circumference of a circle. Start

with the given phrase for each item. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. To solve for the circumference of a circle using the formula

C = π x d….
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______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

2. To solve for the circumference of a circle using the formula

C = 2 x π x r….
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

II. Directions: Answer the Y2T chart based on the lesson on circumference.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Yesterday, I only knew that circumference was…

Today, I learned that circumference is…

Tomorrow, I can apply circumference in…

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 What I Can Do

I. Directions: Compute for the circumference of each circle. Write your

answers on a separate sheet of paper. Use 3.14 for π.

1. A round table with a diameter of 90 cm.

2. A mirror with a diameter of 18 cm.

3. A picture frame with a diameter of 15 cm.

4. A circular garden with a radius of 5 m.

5. A fountain with a radius of 3 m.

II. Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your answers on a

separate sheet of paper.

1. Mr Cruz bought a circular lot with a diameter of 100 meters. What is its
circumference?

2. A farmer would like to fence his circular land that has a radius of 40
meters. How may meters of wire will he need?

3. A circular plate has a radius of 6 inches. What is the circumference of

the plate?

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 Assessment

I. Directions: Write T on the blank if the statement is true and F if it is false.

If you wrote F, underline the word that makes the statement incorrect. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

_____1. Circumference is the distance around the circle.

_____2. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius.
_____3. We can use tape measure in determining the circumference of a circle.
_____ 4. Diameter is a chord that connects two points on the circle and passes
through the center.

_____ 5. Radius is a line segment from the center of the circle to any point on
the circle. It is one-half circumference.

II. Direction: Solve for the circumference. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper. Use 3.14 for π.

7 cm. 12 mm.
9 in.

6. 7. 8.

C = _____________ C = _____________ C = _____________

15 cm. 3.5 m.

9. 10.

C = _____________ C = _____________

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 Additional Activities

I. Directions: Complete the table for each circle. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

Circle Radius Diameter Circumference

1
19 cm

2
62.8 cm

3
120 mm

4
314 m

5
10 m

II. Directions: Calculate the circumference, using the given diameters. Write
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your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Use π = .
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1. 84 mm C = ________________________

2. 2.8 m C = ________________________

3. 0.14 cm C = ________________________

4. 15 units C = ________________________

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5. m C = ________________________
3

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What I Know What’s In Lesson 1
I. What I have Learned
1. Circumference 1. 37.68 1. circumference
2. Pi 2. 60.3 2. Pi
3. tape measure 3. 250 3. radius
4. radius 4. 260.1 4. diameter
5. diameter 5. 76.14
II. 6. 462.5
7. 4 065
1. 31.4 cm. 8. 948
2. 18.84 in.
3. 62.8 mm. Riddle Answer:
4. 37.68 cm. FISH POND
5. 18.84 m.
Lesson 1 Lesson 3 Lesson 3
Additional Activities What’s More What I can do
1. 24 cm. 1. R = 11 mm. I.
2. 10 m. C = 69.08 mm.
3. 17.5 dm. 2. R = 10 cm. 1. 282.6 cm.
4. 1.5 mm. C = 62.8 cm 2. 56.52 cm.
5. 0.5 km. 3. D = 10 m. 3. 47.1 cm.
C = 31.4 m. 4. 31.4 m.
4. D = 16 dm. 5. 18.84 m.
C = 50.24 dm.
5. D = 50 mm. II.
C = 157 mm. 1. 314 m.
2. 251.2 m.
3. 37.68 in.
Assessment Additional Activities
I.
1. T I.
2. F radius 1. D = 38 cm.
3. T C = 119.32 cm.
4. T 2. R = 10 cm.
5. F circumference D = 20 cm.
3. R = 60 mm.
C = 376.8 mm.
II. 4. R = 50 m.
D = 100 m.
6. 43.96 cm. 5. R = 5 dm.
7. 28.26 in. C = 31.4 dm.
8. 75.36 mm.
9. 47.1 cm. II.
10. 21.98 m. 1. 264 mm.
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2. 8 m. or 8.8 m.
5
11
3. cm. or 0.44 cm.
25
1
4. 47 units
7
2
5. 14 m.
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Answer Key