Area and circumference of a circle

A complete lesson on a mixture of area and circumference of circles. Designed to come after pupils have used area and circumference rules forwards (eg to find area given radius) and backwards (eg to find radius given area).

Activities included:

Starter:
Questions to check pupils are able to use the rules for area and circumference.

Main:

• A set of four ‘mazes’ (inspired by TES user alutwyche’s superb spider puzzles) with a progression in difficulty, where pupils use the rules forwards and backwards.
• A ‘3-in-a-row’ game for pupils to compete against each other, practicing the basic rules.

Plenary:
Questions to prompt a final discussion of the rules.

Printable worksheets and answers included.

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