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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.)
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Angles and geometric reasoning
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M7M03
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P9)
- Publisher
- Lumen Learning
- Copyright
- © Lumen Learning. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Keywords
- circumference pi (Ï€) area diameter radius
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