Area - circles, sectors and segments

There are 32 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Area - circles, sectors and segments
Bull's Eye
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Bull's Eye

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What fractions of the largest circle are the two shaded regions?
F'arc'tion
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F'arc'tion

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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At the corner of the cube circular arcs are drawn and the area enclosed shaded. What fraction of the surface area of the cube is shaded? Try working out the answer without recourse to pencil and paper.
The Pillar of Chios
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The Pillar of Chios

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Semicircles are drawn on the sides of a rectangle. Prove that the sum of the areas of the four crescents is equal to the area of the rectangle.
Floored
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Floored

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A floor is covered by a tessellation of equilateral triangles, each having three equal arcs inside it. What proportion of the area of the tessellation is shaded?
Round and Round
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Round and Round

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Prove that the shaded area of the semicircle is equal to the area of the inner circle.
Square Pegs
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Square Pegs

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Which is a better fit, a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?
Compare Areas
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Compare Areas

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?
Two circles
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Two circles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Draw two circles, each of radius 1 unit, so that each circle goes through the centre of the other one. What is the area of the overlap?
Get Cross
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Get Cross

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A white cross is placed symmetrically in a red disc with the central square of side length sqrt 2 and the arms of the cross of length 1 unit. What is the area of the disc still showing?
Quadarc
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Quadarc

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Given a square ABCD of sides 10 cm, and using the corners as centres, construct four quadrants with radius 10 cm each inside the square. The four arcs intersect at P, Q, R and S. Find the area enclosed by PQRS.