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Area of a Circle

By Fawn | Published: June 7, 2012

After finding the formula for the circumference of a circle, my 6th graders were ready to work on finding the area of a circle. I asked them to draw a circle on notebook paper, any size, but not too small. Then I gave each a centimeter cube to trace one face onto their paper to remind them how much the area of one […]

Posted in Course 1 (6th Grade Math), Geometry | Also tagged area, area of a circle, circumference, estimation, Mimi Yang, My Favorite No, pi, problem solving, rectangle model, Sue VanHattum | 3 Responses

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