Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thurs Nov 24, 2011 Calculating the Area of a Circle

Today we went to the computer lab to research ways to find the area of a circle.
http://www.education2000.com/demo/demo/botchtml/areacirc.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YokKp3pwVFc

The Egyptian Method:  Draw a large square around the circle.  The length of one side is equal to the diameter.  Divide the large square into 9 small squares.  The circle covers approximatly 7/9 (seven ninths) of the circle.  So A= 7/9 * d


HW - Draw a diagram for #4 and #5 on "How can we calculate the area of a circle?"


Do Ms. Gesner's Bike HW problem from yesterday if you didn't already do it.