Year 8 Circumference and Area of Circles Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 area & perimeter worksheet.
Year 8 Circumference and Area of Circles Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Show your working. Use the π button on your calculator and round to 1 decimal place unless told otherwise.
1.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 5 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 39.3 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 25
- ≈ 39.3 cm2
2.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 18 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 508.9 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 324
- ≈ 508.9 cm2
3.A circle has a diameter of 12 cm. Find its circumference, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 37.7 cm
- C = π × d = π × 12
- ≈ 37.7 cm
4.A circle has a radius of 8 cm. Find its area, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 201.1 cm2
- A = π × r2 = π × 82 = π × 64
- ≈ 201.1 cm2
5.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 25.1 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 16
- ≈ 25.1 cm2
6.A circle has a diameter of 20 cm. Find its circumference, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 62.8 cm
- C = π × d = π × 20
- ≈ 62.8 cm
7.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 16 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 402.1 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 256
- ≈ 402.1 cm2
8.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 7 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 77.0 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 49
- ≈ 77.0 cm2
9.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
10.Find the area of a semicircle with a radius of 20 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 628.3 cm2
- A = ½ × π × r2 = ½ × π × 400
- ≈ 628.3 cm2
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