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Problem 1 :

A cylindrical tank has radius 1.5 m. What is the circumference of its base ?

Solution

Problem 2 :

A circular pond has diameter 8 m and needs to be fenced for the protection of children.

a) What length of fencing is required?

b) Fencing comes in 1 m lengths. How many lengths are needed?

c) What is the total cost of the fencing if each length costs $25.00?

Solution

Problem 3 :

A car wheel has a radius of 35 cm.

a)  What is the circumference of the wheel?

b)  If the wheel rotates 100 000 times, how far does the car travel?

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Problem 4 :

A trundle wheel is used for measuring distances. The circumference of the wheel is exactly 1 m. Each time the wheel rotates through one complete turn a click sound is heard and a counter adds a meter to the total. What is the radius of this wheel?

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Problem 5 :

A circular garden plot has circumference 12.65 m. Find its radius in meters, correct to the nearest centimetre.

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Problem 6 :

An irrigation sprinkler sprays water over a field. The radius of the spray is 12.6 m. What area of the field is being watered?

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Problem 7 :

The rope connecting a goat to a pole is 8 m long. What area of grass can the goat eat?

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Problem 8 :

A circular hoop has a radius of 40 cm. Find the length of tubing needed to make the hoop.

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Problem 9 :

6 identical metal discs are stamped out of an 18 cm by 12 cm sheet of copper as illustrated. What percentage of the copper is wasted

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Problem 10 :

A table-top is shaped as illustrated. A cloth to protect the table-top from stains and heat is cut exactly the same size as the table-top. It is made from fabric 1.6 m wide and costs $18.40 per metre of length.

a) What length of fabric must be purchased?

b) Calculate the cost of the fabric.

c) Find the area of the cloth.

d) Calculate the amount of fabric that is wasted.

Solution

Answers :

(1)  9.42 m²

(2)  (a)  25.12  (b)  26  (c)  $650

(3)  (a)  220 cm  (b)   220 km

(4)  159 mm.

(5)  r  =  2.01 m

(6)  498.50 m²

(7)  201 m²

(8)  251.2 cm.

(9)  21.5%

(10)   (a)  4 m  (b)  $73.60  (c)  5.85 m²   (d)  0.55 m²

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