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Calculate the circumference of circles given their radius or diameter.
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1. Calculate the circumference of the circles below:
a) Radius cm
Use the formula for circumference .
Simplify the expression.
The circumference is .
b) Diameter cm
Use the formula for circumference .
Simplify the expression.
The circumference is .
c) Diameter cm
Use the formula for circumference .
Simplify the expression.
The circumference is or approximately .
2. Calculate the circumference of a circle whose:
a) radius is 9 cm
Use the formula for circumference .
Simplify the expression.
The circumference is or approximately .
b) diameter is 3.5 m
Use the formula for circumference .
Convert 3.5 to a fraction and simplify.
The circumference is .
3. A circular garden is 21 m in diameter. Find the length of wire required to fence the garden.
The length of wire required is equal to the circumference of the garden.
Use the formula .
Simplify the expression.
The length of wire required is .
4. The length of a minute hand of a clock is 12cm. Find the distance that the tip of the minute hand moves in 60 minutes. (Take ).
In 60 minutes, the minute hand completes one full revolution.
The distance moved by the tip is the circumference of the circle traced by the minute hand. The length of the minute hand is the radius cm. Use the formula .
Multiply the values.
The distance the tip moves is .
5. If the circumference of a circle is 154cm. Find its radius.
Use the formula for circumference .
Simplify the right side.
Solve for .
The radius is .
6. Find the diameter of a circle whose circumference is 66cm.
Use the formula for circumference .
Solve for .
Simplify the expression.
The diameter is .
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