CHAPTER 16

CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCLES

Compendium
A. Introduction to Circles
B. Parts of a circle
C. Constructing a circle
D. Bird’s Eye View
E. Solved Examples
F. Practice Yourself
G. Solutions

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A. Introduction
A circle is a closed round shape with no corners or edges. You can
find circles in your everyday life, starting from your bicycle's wheel to
the bangles.

All these objects are circles or circular in shapes.

B. Parts of a circle
I. A straight line drawn from the centermost point
to any edge of the circle is called a radius. Any line
that is drawn from the center to all edges of the
circle will be equal in length. Radius r of different
circles can be of different lengths.

II. A diameter is a straight line

that starts from one side of
the circle, passes through the
center and ends at the other
side of the circle.

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The diameter of a circle is 2 times the radius of the same circle.

III. If you cut a circle at any single point and make a straight line, that
line is called the circumference of that circle.
IV. A chord is any line segment joining any two points on the edge
of the circle. The diameter is the longest chord of
the circle.
V. A sector is a part of a circle between an arc and
two radii.

VI. A segment is a part of a circle that is between a

chord and the circumference.

VII. A part of the circumference(boundary) of the circle is called an

arc.

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1. If radius = 4 cm diameter = ________

2. If diameter = 10 cm radius = ________
Example 1. List some round objects in your notebook which you find
in your surrounding.
Ans. List of some round objects around me:
(a) Bangles (b) Cookies (c) Glass (d) Earth (e) Pressure cooker (f) Bowl
(g) Wheel (h) Coins (i) Drum (j) Football (k) Cup (l) Plate (m) Moon (n)
Sun (o) Globe (P) Ball.
Example 2. We can use a bangle to trace a circle. What are the other
objects around us that we can use to make a circle?
Ans. There are a lot of objects around us that can be used to trace a
circle, such as coins, a bowl, plate, glass, the cycle rim, etc.

C. Constructing a circle

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Lata asked Ramu to make a circle of 7cm radius. Ramu asked how?
Lata replied, ''with the help of a compass!''

Take a pencil and fix it on your compass. Now measure 7cm on a

scale. The tip of the compass should be on the 0 and the tip of the
pencil should be at 7. Now using the same measurement, draw a
circle.

Note- when you fix the tip of the

compass on the paper, make
sure it shouldn't move.

Note- that a compass is also called a pair of compasses.

D.
Bird’s-eye view

 A circle is a round shape.

 Radius is half of the diameter of the same circle
 With the help of a compass and scale, we can measure and
make circles of any shape

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E.
Solved examples

1. Find the diameter of the following circles whose radius is given.

(a) Radius= 6cm (b) Radius = 4cm (c) Radius = 19cm (d) Radius =
4.5cm
Solution. (a) Diameter = 2x radius, 6x2= 12cm (b) 4x2=8cm (c) 19x2=
38cm (d) 4.5x2= 9cm
2. Carefully observe the circles given below and identify them.

(a) Radius = …………………………

(b) Diameter = …………………………

(c) Chord = …………………………

Solution:
(a) OT, OS, OP, OR
(b) PR
(c) PQ
3. State whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F).
(i) Radius of a circle is also a chord of the circle ............ .
(ii) Each diameter of a circle is also a chord of the circle ............ .
(iii) The center of a circle bisects each chord of the circle ............ .
(iv) A circle is also a polygon
(v) A circle is a closed figure which has no corners.
(vi) The chord of a circle is also known as the radius.
(vii) The chord of a circle can be equal to the diameter of a circle.

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(viii) The diameter is the total length of a circle.

Solution.

1. (i) F (ii) T (iii) F (iv) F (v) T (vi) F (vii) T (viii) F

F. Practice Yourself

Choose the correct answer.

1. You can measure the length of which of these?
(a) Line (b) Line segment (c) Ray (d) All of these
2. Which of these closed figures has a curved side?
(a) Triangle (b) Square (c) All polygons (d) Circle
3. Which of these either touches or passes through the center of the
circle?
(a) Radius (b) Diameter
(c) Both radius and diameter (d) Neither radius nor diameter
4. How many diameters does a circle have?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) Many
5. The distance from which of these points to the center of a circle is
equal to the radius of the circle?
(a) Point on the circle (b) Point inside a circle
(c) Point outside a circle (d) all of these
6. Find the radii of circles with the following diameters.
(a) 12 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 2cm
(e) 14 cm
7. Find the diameters of circles with the following radii.
(a) 10 cm (b) 2cm (c) 12 cm (d) 7 cm

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(e) 20 cm

1. Fill in the blanks.

(a) A circle is a ___________ (closed/ open) figure.

(b) A circle _______ (does/does not) have straight lines

(c) If the radius of a circle is 3 cm, its diameter is _______ cm, and
the distance between the center of the circle and a point on the
circle is _____ cm.

(d) If the diameter of a circle is 10 cm, its radius is ______ cm, and
the distance between the center of the circle and a point on the
circle is _____ cm.

(e) In a circle of diameter 16 cm, the distance between the center

of the circle and a point on the circle is ______ cm.

2. In the circle, name the following.

(a) Center: _________
(b) A diameter: _______
(c) A radius: _______
(d) Line segment CD :______( e) Line
segment OD: _______
(f) Line segment OA : _______
(g) Length around the circle : _____

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3. Find the radii of circles with the following diameters. Mind the
units.
(a) 16 cm (b) 26 cm (c) 20 m
(d) 4 m (e) 24 cm
4. Find the diameters of circles with the following radii. Mind the
units,

(a)7 cm (b) 2 m (c) 11cm

(d) 17 m (e) 30 m

G. Answer Key:-

Novice level

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A. 6 cm b.

11 cm c. 15 cm d. 1 cm e. 7 cm

7. a. 20 cm b. 4 cm c. 24 cm d. 14 cm e. 40 cm

Advanced level

1. (a) Closed (b) Does not (c) 6 cm ,3 cm (d) 5 cm ,5cm (e)8 cm

2. (a) O (b) CD (c). OD, OC, OA (d). Diameter (e) Radius (f) Radius (g)
Circumference
4. (a). 8 cm (b). 13 cm (c). 10 m (d) 2 m (e) 12 cm
5. (a). 14 cm (b) 4 m c. 22 cm (c) 34 cm (d) 60 cm

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Circle Activities
1. Draw circles of different radii using different circular things, i.e.,
coin, the lid of a bottle, glass, etc.
2. Draw circles and name all parts.
3. What is the relation between the diameter and radius of a circle?
4. (i) A circle has a diameter of 14 cm. Find the length of its radius.
(ii) A circle has a radius of 5 cm. Find the length of its diameter.
6. Use a compass to draw a circle of
a. Radius 5 cm.
b. Diameter 12 cm
c. Radius 4.5 cm.
d. Radius 6.5 cm.
7. Draw the diameter of the circle, and with the help of a ruler,
measure the length of the diameter.
8. Write a relation between the radius, r, and the diameter, d.
9. Draw a diameter and label it PQ. Draw a triangle PQR where R is
on the semicircle. Use a protractor(D) to measure the size of
angle PRQ.

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