Area - circles, sectors and segments

There are 32 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Area - circles, sectors and segments
Semicircle Stack
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Semicircle stack

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the total area enclosed by the three semicicles?
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?
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.
Two Shapes & Printer Ink
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Two shapes and printer ink

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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If I print this page which shape will require the more yellow ink?
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?
Eyelids
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Eyelids

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you work out the shaded area surrounded by these arcs?
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.
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.
Efficient packing
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Efficient packing

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How efficiently can you pack together disks?
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?