Year 8 Circumference and Area of Circles Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 area & perimeter worksheet.
Year 8 Circumference and Area of Circles Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
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1.A circle has a circumference of 30π cm. Find its radius and its area (leave the area in terms of π).
Answer: r = 15 cm; A = 225π cm2
- C = 2πr, so 2πr = 30π
- r = 15 cm
- A = πr2 = 225π cm2
2.A circle has a circumference of 34π cm. Find its radius and its area (leave the area in terms of π).
Answer: r = 17 cm; A = 289π cm2
- C = 2πr, so 2πr = 34π
- r = 17 cm
- A = πr2 = 289π cm2
3.A circle has a circumference of 32π cm. Find its radius and its area (leave the area in terms of π).
Answer: r = 16 cm; A = 256π cm2
- C = 2πr, so 2πr = 32π
- r = 16 cm
- A = πr2 = 256π cm2
4.A circle has a radius of 19 cm. Find its area, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 1134.1 cm2
- A = π × r2 = π × 192 = π × 361
- ≈ 1134.1 cm2
5.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 12 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 226.2 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 144
- ≈ 226.2 cm2
6.A circle has a diameter of 28 cm. Find its area, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 615.8 cm2
- r = 28 ÷ 2 = 14 cm
- A = π × r2 = π × 142 = π × 196
- ≈ 615.8 cm2
7.A circle has a diameter of 14 cm. Find its area, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 153.9 cm2
- r = 14 ÷ 2 = 7 cm
- A = π × r2 = π × 72 = π × 49
- ≈ 153.9 cm2
8.A circle has a radius of 17 cm. Find its area, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 907.9 cm2
- A = π × r2 = π × 172 = π × 289
- ≈ 907.9 cm2
9.A circle has a circumference of 16π cm. Find its radius and its area (leave the area in terms of π).
Answer: r = 8 cm; A = 64π cm2
- C = 2πr, so 2πr = 16π
- r = 8 cm
- A = πr2 = 64π cm2
10.A circle has a circumference of 4π cm. Find its radius and its area (leave the area in terms of π).
Answer: r = 2 cm; A = 4π cm2
- C = 2πr, so 2πr = 4π
- r = 2 cm
- A = πr2 = 4π cm2
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