A bangle can be used to trace a circle. What are the other things around you that you can use to trace a circle?

Answer in Brief

There are so many things around us, which can be used to trace a circle.

Such as coins, bowl, plate, glass, the cycle rim, etc.

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Chapter 8: Carts and Wheels - Exercises [Page 82]

Chapter 8 Carts and Wheels
Exercises | Q 2.4 | Page 82

Do you play these games?

Play these games in your school.

Why do we make a circle in each of these games?

Draw the radius of this bangle using a ruler.

Measure the length of the radius.

Now see what your friends have drawn. Discuss the length of the radius they measured. Is it the same as yours?

Measure the radius of the wheels of a bicycle or a bullock-cart. You can use a thread or a measuring tape.

Can a circle have more than one centre?

Now you trace a circle on a paper using a bangle. Cut it. Then find its centre like Sameena did.

Can you balance a plate on your finger?

Now everybody was excited to spin their tops which looked like this.


Zakir	Appu	Naina	Guddo

In whose top is the stick nearest to the centre?