3.C: Circles - Area, Sector, Circumference, Arc, and Angles

Overview

The purpose of this lesson is to learn how to find the area of a circle or a sector and the distance of the circumference or an arc.

This lesson will address the following CCRS Standard(s) for Geometry:

7.G.4: Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal derivation of the relationship between the circumference and the area of a circle
G.CO.1: Know precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment, based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line, and distance around a circular arc

Directions

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Summary

In this lesson we have learned:

A circle is all the points equidistant from a center point
The area of a circle: $A = π r^{2}$
The area of a sector of d degrees: $A = \frac{d}{360} π r^{2}$
The circumference of a circle: $C = π d = 2 π r$
The distance of an arc of a degrees: $A r c = \frac{a}{360} π d = \frac{a}{180} π r$