Area - circles, sectors and segments
problem
Square pegs
Which is a better fit, a square peg in a round hole or a round peg
in a square hole?
problem
Round and round
Prove that the shaded area of the semicircle is equal to the area of the inner circle.
problem
Two shapes and printer ink
If I print this page which shape will require the more yellow ink?
problem
Floored
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?
problem
The pillar of chios
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.
problem
F'arc'tion
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.