Showing posts with label circles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label circles. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Circles

Radius - a distance from the centre of the circle to the outside edge.
- represented by r

Diameter - distance across a circle through its centre
- represented by d

A diameter is 2 radii.

Construct a circle with a radius of 4cm.
1. Start with centre of a circle.
2. Measure the length of a radius on a string.
3. Pencil at one end of string and pin the string in the centre of the circle.
4. Trace an arc around the centre.

Using a compass:
1. Measure a line the length of a radius.

2. Sharp point of compass in the centre of the circle.
3. Pencil at the other end of the line.
4. Draw an arc around the centre.


pages 270-272
# 1-15
Do literacy link also.


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