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Using the properties of a circle to solve problems

This resource describes how to use the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle to find the circumference, diameter or area. (Note: all measurement are in imperial units and would have to be changed to metric when presenting to students.)

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Content knowledge, Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Keywords	circle, circumference, pi, area, diameter, radius
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Angles and geometric reasoning
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7M03 Describe the relationship between π and the features of circles including the circumference, radius and diameter
Numeracy progression	Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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