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Circle definitions and parts of a circle worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Circle definitions and parts of a circle worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Work out the diameter of the circle.
- 2.In one circle, chord PQ is 6 cm long, chord RS is 10 cm long, chord TU is 14 cm long and chord VW is 15 cm long. Write down which of these chords lies closest to the centre of the circle.
- 3.Write down the term for the distance all the way around the edge of a circle.
- 4.Two circles are drawn with the same centre but different radii. Write down the term used to describe this pair of circles.
- 5.A circle has circumference 31.4 cm. Using π = 3.14, work out the radius of the circle.
- 6.A diameter divides a circle into two equal halves. Write down the special name given to each of these two halves.
- 7.A cyclist rides around a perfectly circular track with centre O. At every moment of the ride, the distance from O to the cyclist is exactly the same. Which term names this fixed distance?
- 8.A circle has centre O. PQ, RS and TU are three chords of the circle, and only one of them passes through O. Write down what this tells you about that chord.
- 9.A trundle wheel has a diameter of 0.5 m. It is rolled along the ground and makes 20 complete turns. Using π = 3.14, work out the total distance rolled, in metres.
- 10.Every diameter of a circle is an example of a more general type of straight line joining two points on the circle. Which term names that more general type of line?
- 11.Two points on a circle divide its circumference into two arcs of different lengths. Write down the name given to the shorter of the two arcs.
- 12.A chord is drawn across a circle, dividing the circle into two regions. Write down the name of one of these two regions.
- 13.A chord divides a circle into two regions, one larger than the other. Write down the term used for the smaller of these two regions.
- 14.A straight line touches the edge of a circle at exactly one point and does not cross into the circle at all. Write down the term for this line.
- 15.The curved part of a circle's circumference, between two points on the circle, has its own name. Write down this name.
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