Foundation

Find the radius and diameter when given the area

Foundation

Find the radius and diameter when given the area

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to find the radius or diameter of a circle when given the area. This lesson will involve rearranging the formula for the area of a circle.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Find the area of the circle in terms of π.
A
B
Correct answer: C
D
Q2.
Find the area of the circle to three significant figures.
A
Correct answer: B
C
D
Q3.
Find the area of the circle to 3 significant figures.
A
B
Correct answer: C
D
Q4.
Find the area in terms of π.
A
Correct answer: B
C

4 Questions

Q1.
What is missing from this rearranged formula?
a) They forgot to square the fraction
b) The fraction should be A over π
c) hey haven’t square rooted the fraction
Correct answer: d) Both b) and c)
Q2.
What will this formula find?
The area of a circle
The circumference of a circle
Correct answer: The diameter of a circle
The radius of a circle
Q3.
Find the radius of this circle to three significant figures.
A
B
C
Correct answer: D
Q4.
The area of a circle is 20 cm squared. What is the diameter to 3 significant figures?
Correct answer: A
B
C
D

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Circles