Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Areas of Geometric Shapes With the Same Perimeter
Eighth graders are shown three polygons with equal sides and a circle. They are asked to find the area of each when the perimeter is one unit and to order them from smallest area to largest. Aligns with 8.G.B.7.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Geometry 7.g.4 Worksheets: Area and Circumference Circle
Worksheets provide practice with finding the area or circumference of a circle and answer keys are provided. You can even create your own activity or flashcards.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of Polygons and Circles
A lesson focusing on the area of polygons and the circumference of circles. Engaging, interactive practice worksheet, lesson plan, and related classroom activity complete this lesson.
Other
Nearpod: Circles: Area and Circumference
In this lesson on circles, 7th graders will learn how to find the area and circumference of circles, semicircles, and compound shapes using formulas.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area and Circumference of Parts of Circles
In this exercise, students practice find the area and circumference, of parts of circles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area and Parts of Circles
Practice finding the area or circumference of part of a circle. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Curated OER
Visual Calculus: Area of a Circle
Students will be able to use The Method of Exhaustion and find the area of a circle by illustrating graphically.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Circles, Segments, and Area
A wealth of resources to supplement instruction on parts of the circle. Find lessons describing chords, tangents, secants, and segments, as well as related practice quizzes and classroom activities.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Circle Sandwich
Eighth graders are presented with a drawing of a large square inscribed by a circle which is itself inscribed by a second square. They are asked to find the area of the circle outside the smaller square and compare it to the area of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shaded Areas
Find the areas of shaded regions which are combinations of squares, triangles, and circles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Pi and the Area of Circles
Contains a question pertaining to finding the area of a circle.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Circles
Get independent practice working with finding the circumference, area and radius of circles. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Circumference and Area of Circles
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the circumference and area of circles.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Polygons Problems
Here are four problems about the area of a regular polygon. Start by finding the area of a hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 10, and end by proving that as the number of sides of the polygon increases, the area of the polygon...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Single Fraction Pointer
Determine the value of a given fraction represented as a point on a number line. Then find a fraction whose value is the given fraction using an arrow on the number line as a guide.
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot!: Polygons: Formality and Intuition
This is a very interesting site about polygons. The site begins by distinguishing between shapes whose sides intersect and polygons whose sides do not overlap. After this short introduction, you will find information regarding area and...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Circle Calculator
Use this circle calculator to find the area, circumference, radius, or diameter of a circle. Given any one variable A, C, r or d of a circle you can calculate the other three unknowns.
Math Words
Math Words: Right Circular Cylinder
Find a picture of a right circular cylinder here with the formulas for volume, total surface area, and lateral surface area. Site by MathWords.com.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Meltdown
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore the relationship between a circle's area and it's radius. This is framed in the context of a scene in where a pile of ice is melting into an increasingly...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Square Wheeled Tricycle: Radius and Circumference
This interactive exercise focuses on working with the radius of various circles to find the circumference and area as well as challenging you to find the distance a square wheel travels around the track.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Setting Up Sprinklers
In this task, students must decide where to place sprinklers on a lawn so that the maximum area of the lawn will be watered. To solve it, they must find areas of sectors of circles and use trigonometric ratios to solve right triangles....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Radius and Diameter
Practice finding the radius and diameter of a circle using both vocabulary and visuals. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Curated OER
Web Math: Find Out Things About Circles
WebMath offers a great site for students to practice finding the diameter, area and circumference of a circle.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Geometry 8.g.3 Worksheets: Coordinate Plane
Worksheets provide practice with finding the area or circumference of a circle and answer keys are provided. You can even create your own worksheet or flashcards.