Does a longer rope make a bigger circle? Why is it so?

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Yes because longer rope act as a bigger radius, so circle made by longest rope was biggest.

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Chapter 8: Carts and Wheels - Exercises [Page 85]

Chapter 8 Carts and Wheels
Exercises | Q 11 | Page 85

Which song do you sing when you play these?

Do the activity in small groups. Each group should take a rope of a different length. See the circles made by different groups.

Draw the radius of these circles. Guess which circle has the longer radius.

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

Are all the wheels of a bicycle or a bullock-cart of the same radius?

Is this circle better than the one you made earlier without a compass?

Draw the radius of this circle and measure it.

Now you can make your own designs like Daljeet had made. How many did you make?

Did any one of you ever get a shape like Naina’s?

Can you balance a plate on your finger?

To make the top spin well, where will you make the hole?