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

Have you ever gone to a bangle shop?

Guess which of these bangles is of your size.

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

Play these games in your school.

How long was their rope?

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

Which is the biggest wheel you have ever seen?

Why did Naina get such a drawing? Discuss.

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

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


Zakir	Appu	Naina	Guddo

Whose top will spin the best?