7.

1 Circumference of a circle
1 Use your calculator to work out the circumference of each circle.
Round your answers to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

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2 Work out the perimeter of this semicircle, correct to the nearest cm.

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3 A circle has a radius of 15 m.

Write the circumference in terms of π.

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4 a Work out, to 2 significant figures, the diameter of a circle with circumference 1.5 m.

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b Work out, to 2 significant figures, the radius of a circle with circumference 90 mm.

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7.1 Circumference of a circle
1 A quarter-circle has a perimeter of 80 cm.
Work out its radius, r cm.

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2 The diagram shows a bicycle wheel.

On a journey, the wheel rotates 5000 times.
What is the total length of the journey?
Give your answer in kilometres, correct to 1 decimal place.

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3 Work out the radius of the sector.

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4 The diagram shows four concentric circles.

Circle 1 has a radius of 2 cm.
There is a space of 1 cm between each circle and the next.

a Write the circumference of each circle, 1 to 4, in terms of π.

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b What is the circumference of circle n, in terms of π?

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7.1 Circumference of a circle
1 π is a Greek letter called pi.

a Find π on a key on your calculator.

Press the key.
Write down the value of π correct to 3 decimal places. .......................

b Use your calculator to work out, correct to 1 decimal place:

i 4π .......................

ii 10π .......................

2 The formula to find the circumference of a circle of any diameter is

circumference = π × diameter or C = πd
Use this formula to work out the circumference of each circle.
Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.

a C=π×d b C=π×d

= π × .......... = π × ..........

= ............... cm = ............... cm

3 A circular cake has diameter 25 cm.

Emily is buying a ribbon to put around the outside of the cake.

a Work out the circumference of the cake.

Round your answer to the nearest cm.

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Emily needs an extra 2 cm overlap to stick the ends of the ribbon together.

b What length of ribbon does Emily need? .......................

The ribbon is sold in lengths of 10 cm.

c What length of ribbon should Emily buy? .......................

The ribbon costs 20p per 10 cm.

d How much does it cost Emily to buy the ribbon? .......................

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7.1 Circumference of a circle
Core
1 a 21.4 cm b 1162 mm

2 21 cm

3 30π

4 a 0.48 m b 14 mm

Depth
1 22.4 cm

2 10.4 km

3 2.86 cm

4 a Circle 1: 4π, Circle 2: 6π, Circle 3: 8π, Circle 4: 10π

b (2n + 2)π

Support
1 a 3.142 b i 12.6 ii 31.4

2 a 22.0 cm b 6.3 m

3 a 79 cm b 81 cm c 90 cm d £1.80

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