12 multiple-choice questions, progressively harder.
A semicircle has a radius of 101010 cm. What is the full distance around it (the curved edge plus the straight diameter)? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Solution
Correct answer: B
The perimeter of a semicircle is the curved half of the circumference plus the straight diameter.
The curved part is πr=3.14×10=31.4\pi r = 3.14 \times 10 = 31.4πr=3.14×10=31.4 cm. The straight diameter is d=2r=20d = 2r = 20d=2r=20 cm. Add them:
P=31.4+20=51.4 cmP = 31.4 + 20 = 51.4 \text{ cm}P=31.4+20=51.4 cm
A circle has a circumference of about 18.8418.8418.84 cm. What is its diameter? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
From C=πdC = \pi dC=πd, divide the circumference by π\piπ.
d=Cπ=18.843.14=6 cmd = \frac{C}{\pi} = \frac{18.84}{3.14} = 6 \text{ cm}d=πC=3.1418.84=6 cm
A circle has a circumference of about 43.9643.9643.96 m. What is its radius? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Correct answer: D
Start from C=2πrC = 2\pi rC=2πr and solve for rrr by dividing by 2π2\pi2π.
First 2π≈2×3.14=6.282\pi \approx 2 \times 3.14 = 6.282π≈2×3.14=6.28, then
r=C2π=43.966.28=7 mr = \frac{C}{2\pi} = \frac{43.96}{6.28} = 7 \text{ m}r=2πC=6.2843.96=7 m
A circle has an area of about 78.5 cm278.5 \text{ cm}^278.5 cm2. What is its radius? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Correct answer: A
From A=πr2A = \pi r^2A=πr2, divide the area by π\piπ to get r2r^2r2.
r2=78.53.14=25r^2 = \frac{78.5}{3.14} = 25r2=3.1478.5=25
Then take the square root:
r=25=5 cmr = \sqrt{25} = 5 \text{ cm}r=25=5 cm
A large circle has a radius of 888 cm and a small circle has a radius of 444 cm. How many times bigger is the large circle's area than the small circle's? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Large area: A=3.14×82=3.14×64=200.96 cm2A = 3.14 \times 8^2 = 3.14 \times 64 = 200.96 \text{ cm}^2A=3.14×82=3.14×64=200.96 cm2. Small area: A=3.14×42=3.14×16=50.24 cm2A = 3.14 \times 4^2 = 3.14 \times 16 = 50.24 \text{ cm}^2A=3.14×42=3.14×16=50.24 cm2.
200.9650.24=4\frac{200.96}{50.24} = 450.24200.96=4
The radius doubled, and area depends on the radius squared, so the area grew by 22=42^2 = 422=4 times.
A circular garden of radius 101010 m has a circular fountain of radius 222 m at its center. What area of the garden is left for planting (outside the fountain)? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Subtract the fountain's area from the whole garden's area.
Agarden=3.14×102=314 m2A_{\text{garden}} = 3.14 \times 10^2 = 314 \text{ m}^2Agarden=3.14×102=314 m2
Afountain=3.14×22=12.56 m2A_{\text{fountain}} = 3.14 \times 2^2 = 12.56 \text{ m}^2Afountain=3.14×22=12.56 m2
314−12.56=301.44 m2314 - 12.56 = 301.44 \text{ m}^2314−12.56=301.44 m2
A figure is made of a 121212 cm by 666 cm rectangle with a semicircle removed from one 121212 cm side (the semicircle's diameter is 666 cm and lies along that side). What is the remaining area? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
Correct answer: C
Start with the rectangle, then subtract the semicircle that has been cut out.
Rectangle area:
Arect=12×6=72 cm2A_{\text{rect}} = 12 \times 6 = 72 \text{ cm}^2Arect=12×6=72 cm2
The removed semicircle has diameter 666 cm, so radius r=3r = 3r=3 cm:
Asemi=12×3.14×32=12×28.26=14.13 cm2A_{\text{semi}} = \frac{1}{2} \times 3.14 \times 3^2 = \frac{1}{2} \times 28.26 = 14.13 \text{ cm}^2Asemi=21×3.14×32=21×28.26=14.13 cm2
Subtract:
72−14.13=57.87 cm272 - 14.13 = 57.87 \text{ cm}^272−14.13=57.87 cm2
A pizza of diameter 141414 inches is cut into 444 equal slices. What is the area of one slice? Use π≈22/7\pi \approx 22/7π≈22/7.
Halve the diameter for the radius: r=7r = 7r=7 in. The whole pizza's area with π≈227\pi \approx \tfrac{22}{7}π≈722 is
A=227×72=22×7=154 in2.A = \frac{22}{7} \times 7^2 = 22 \times 7 = 154 \text{ in}^2.A=722×72=22×7=154 in2.
One of four equal slices is
1544=38.5 in2\frac{154}{4} = 38.5 \text{ in}^24154=38.5 in2
A circular field has a diameter of 100100100 m. A farmer walks around its edge once. Walking at 505050 m per minute, about how long does the walk take? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
First find the distance around, the circumference, using C=πdC = \pi dC=πd.
C=3.14×100=314 mC = 3.14 \times 100 = 314 \text{ m}C=3.14×100=314 m
Then divide the distance by the walking speed:
314 m50 m per minute=6.28 minutes\frac{314 \text{ m}}{50 \text{ m per minute}} = 6.28 \text{ minutes}50 m per minute314 m=6.28 minutes
Which expression correctly gives the perimeter (full distance around) of a semicircle of radius rrr?
A semicircle's boundary is the curved half of the circumference, 12(2πr)=πr\tfrac{1}{2}(2\pi r) = \pi r21(2πr)=πr, plus the straight diameter, 2r2r2r.
P=πr+2rP = \pi r + 2rP=πr+2r
Using only πr\pi rπr forgets the straight edge, and πr2\pi r^2πr2 is an area, not a length.
A goat is tied to a post with a 666 m rope and can graze in a full circle. If the rope is lengthened to 121212 m, how does the grazing area change? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
The grazing area is a circle whose radius is the rope length. Doubling the radius from 666 m to 121212 m multiplies the area by 22=42^2 = 422=4.
Check: 3.14×62=113.04 m23.14 \times 6^2 = 113.04 \text{ m}^23.14×62=113.04 m2 and 3.14×122=452.16 m23.14 \times 12^2 = 452.16 \text{ m}^23.14×122=452.16 m2, and
452.16113.04=4.\frac{452.16}{113.04} = 4.113.04452.16=4.
A circle is inscribed in a square (touching all four sides), and the square has area 144 cm2144 \text{ cm}^2144 cm2. What is the circumference of the circle? Use π≈3.14\pi \approx 3.14π≈3.14.
The square has area 144 cm2144 \text{ cm}^2144 cm2, so its side is 144=12\sqrt{144} = 12144=12 cm. The inscribed circle touches all four sides, so its diameter equals the side, 121212 cm.
Use C=πdC = \pi dC=πd:
C=3.14×12=37.68 cmC = 3.14 \times 12 = 37.68 \text{ cm}C=3.14×12=37.68 cm
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