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Circle
A circle is easy to make:
Draw a curve that is "radius" away

from a central point.

And so:
All points are the same distance from the center.
You Can Draw It Yourself

Put a pin in a board, put a loop of string around it, and insert a pencil into the loop. Keep the
string stretched and draw the circle!
Drag a point!
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Play With It
Try dragging the point to see how the radius and circumference change.
(See if you can keep a constant radius!)
Radius, Diameter and Circumference

The Radius is the distance from the center outwards.
The Diameter goes straight across the circle, through the center.
The Circumference is the distance once around the circle.
And here is the really cool thing:
When we divide the circumference by the diameter we get 3.141592654...

which is the number π (Pi)
So when the diameter is 1, the circumference is 3.141592654...
We can say:
Circumference = π × Diameter
Example: You walk around a circle which has a diameter of 100m, how far have
you walked?
Distance walked = Circumference = π × 100m
= 314m (to the nearest m)
Also note that the Diameter is twice the Radius:
Diameter = 2 × Radius
And so this is also true:

Circumference = 2 × π × Radius
In Summary:
×2 × π
Radius Diameter Circumference
Remembering
The length of the words may help you remember:
 Radius is the shortest word and shortest measure

 Diameter is longer
 Circumference is the longest
Definition
The circle is a plane shape (two dimensional), so:
Circle: the set of all points on a plane that are a fixed distance from a center.
Area
The area of a circle is π times the radius squared, which is written:
A = π r2
Where
 A is the Area
 r is the radius
To help you remember think "Pie Are Squared" (even though pies are usually round):
Example: What is the area of a circle with radius of 1.2 m ?
Area= πr2
= π × 1.22
= 3.14159... × (1.2 × 1.2)
= 4.52 (to 2 decimals)
Or, using the Diameter:
A = (π/4) × D2
Area Compared to a Square
A circle has about 80% of the area of a similar-width square.

The actual value is (π/4) = 0.785398... = 78.5398...%
And something interesting for you:
See Circle Area by Lines
Names
Because people have studied circles for thousands of years special names have come about.
Nobody wants to say "that line that starts at one side of the circle, goes through the center and
ends on the other side" when they can just say "Diameter".
So here are the most common special names:
Lines
A line that "just touches" the circle as it passes by is called a Tangent.

A line that cuts the circle at two points is called a Secant.
A line segment that goes from one point to another on the circle's circumference is called a
Chord.
If it passes through the center it is called a Diameter.
And a part of the circumference is called an Arc.
Slices
There are two main "slices" of a circle.
The "pizza" slice is called a Sector.
And the slice made by a chord is called a Segment.
Common Sectors
The Quadrant and Semicircle are two special types of Sector:
Quarter of a circle is called a Quadrant.
Half a circle is called a Semicircle.
Inside and Outside
A circle has an inside and an outside (of course!). But it also has an "on", because we could be
right on the circle.
Example: "A" is outside the circle, "B" is inside the circle and "C" is on the circle.
Ellipse
A circle is a "special case" of an ellipse.
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Draw a curve that is "radius" away

All points are the same distance from the center.

You Can Draw It Yourself

(See if you can keep a constant radius!)

Radius, Diameter and Circumference

The Circumference is the distance once around the circle.

And here is the really cool thing:

When we divide the circumference by the diameter we get 3.141592654...

So when the diameter is 1, the circumference is 3.141592654...

Distance walked = Circumference = π × 100m

= 314m (to the nearest m)

Also note that the Diameter is twice the Radius:

And so this is also true:

Radius Diameter Circumference

 Radius is the shortest word and shortest measure

The area of a circle is π times the radius squared, which is written:

Or, using the Diameter:

Area Compared to a Square

A circle has about 80% of the area of a similar-width square.

And something interesting for you:

See Circle Area by Lines

So here are the most common special names:

A line that "just touches" the circle as it passes by is called a Tangent.

If it passes through the center it is called a Diameter.

And a part of the circumference is called an Arc.

The "pizza" slice is called a Sector.

And the slice made by a chord is called a Segment.

Quarter of a circle is called a Quadrant.

Half a circle is called a Semicircle.

Inside and Outside

A circle is a "special case" of an ellipse.

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8

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