2D shapes
Let’s Practise
The radius of a circle is 6 cm. Find the diameter.
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2 The diameter of the blue circle is 16. What is the radius of a green circle?
3 A circle is used to draw a triangle. What type of triangle is it? Explain your answer.
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Practise using a pair of compasses to draw some circles of different sizes. Talk about the features of a compass that make it a useful tool for drawing a circle. Work as a team to devise different ways to draw a circle as accurately as possible, without using a pair of compasses.
A circle is not a polygon because it doesn’t have straight edges.
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