Round and round and round

Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How did this help?
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Problem

Round and Round and Round printable worksheet

 

This problem follows on from Going Round in Circles.

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Imagine the dot starts at the point $(1,0)$, turns through $60$ degrees anticlockwise and then stops.

I was wondering, if the point hadn't stopped, and instead carried on until it had turned through $30$ $000$ degrees, might it have finished the same distance above the horizontal axis?

I took out my calculator and typed $30$ $000$ $\div$ $360$

The answer on the screen was $83.333333$.

How can I use this to help me solve my problem?

There are ideas for follow-up problems in the Notes .