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What is Pi (π) ? āĻĒāĻžāĻ (π) āĻāĻŋ ?
Pi (π) is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Formula: π = Circumference / Diameter
āĻĒāĻžāĻ (π) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ (Circumference) āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ (Diameter)-ā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤
Value of Pi (π) [(āĻĒāĻžāĻ (π)-ā§° āĻŽāĻž] : π ≈ 3.14159
Common Approximation: π ≈ 22/7
Note: 22/7 is only an approximation, not the exact value. (2/7 āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻšā§āĨ¤)
Circumference Formulas (āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋā§° āϏā§āϤā§ā§°)
Using Diameter (d) [āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ (d) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ] : C= πd
Using Radius (r) [āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ (r) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ] : C = 2πr
Note: If you unwrap the edge of a circle and straighten it, the length will be about 3.14 times its diameter. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻžāώ (edge) āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻžā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžā§ 3.14 āĻā§āĻŖ āĻš'āĻŦāĨ¤)
Example (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ)
A circle has a diameter of 10 cm.
A circle's circumference: C = π×10 ≈ 31.4 cm
Ans: 31.4 cm
Trick: Pi = 3.14 (22/7 = Approximate Value of Pi)
Remember:
- Diameter × π = Circumference (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ × π = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ)
- Radius × 2 × π = Circumference (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ × 2 × π = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ)
MCQ (Board Exam Pattern) : Pi (π) & Circle MCQs (āĻĒāĻžāĻ (π) āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ MCQ)
1. What is the approximate value of π ? (π-ā§° āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 2.14 (b) 3.14 (c) 4.14 (d) 22.14
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 3.14
Explanation: The value of π is approximately 3.14159. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: π-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžā§ 3.14159, āϝāĻžāĻ 3.14 āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
1. What is the approximate value of π ? (ā§§. π-ā§° āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 2.14 (b) 3.14 (c) 4.14 (d) 5.14
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 3.14
Explanation: π ≈ 3.14159. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: π ≈ 3.14159āĨ¤
2. Which fraction is commonly used for π ? (⧍. π-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§ ?)
(a) 21/7 (b) 20/7 (c) 22/7 (d) 25/7
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) 22/7
Explanation: 22/7 is a common approximation of π. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: 22/7 āĻšā§āĻā§ π-ā§° āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
3. π is the ratio of: (ā§Š. π āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ ?)
(a) Radius to Diameter (b) Circumference to Diameter
(c) Diameter to Radius (d) Area to Radius
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Circumference to Diameter
Explanation: π = Circumference ÷ Diameter. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: π = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ ÷ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĨ¤
4. Which formula gives the circumference of a circle ? (ā§Ē. āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ ?)
(a) πr² (b) 2πr (c) r² (d) d²
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 2πr
Explanation: Circumference = 2πr. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ = 2πrāĨ¤
5. If the diameter is 14 cm, the circumference is: (ā§Ģ. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 14 cm āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 22 cm (b) 44 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 88 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 44 cm
Explanation: C = πd = 22/7 × 14 = 44 cm. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: C = πd = 22/7 × 14 = 44 cmāĨ¤
Tough MCQs (āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ MCQ)
6. If the radius of a circle is doubled, the circumference becomes: (ā§Ŧ. āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻš'āĻŦ ?)
(a) Half (b) Same (c) Double (d) Four times
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Double
Explanation: C = 2πr. If r doubles, C also doubles. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: C = 2πrāĨ¤ r āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻšāϞ⧠C-āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻšā§āĨ¤
7. The diameter of a circle is 20 cm. What is its radius ? (ā§. āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 20 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 40 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 10 cm
Explanation: Radius = Diameter ÷ 2 = 10 cm. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ = āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ ÷ 2 = 10 cmāĨ¤
8. Which of the following is NOT true about π ? (ā§Ž. π-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āύāĻšā§ ?)
(a) π is irrational. (b) π is approximately 3.14.
(c) π = 22/7 exactly. (d) π is used in circle calculations.
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) π = 22/7 exactly.
Explanation: 22/7 is only an approximation. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: 22/7 āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻšā§āĨ¤
9. A wheel has a diameter of 70 cm. One complete revolution covers: (⧝. āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 70 cmāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻ āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ ?)
(a) 110 cm (b) 220 cm (c) 440 cm (d) 140 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 220 cm
Explanation: Circumference = πd = 22/7 × 70 = 220 cm. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ = πd = 22/7 × 70 = 220 cmāĨ¤
10. If the circumference of a circle is 44 cm and π = 22/7, the radius is: (ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ 44 cm āĻā§°ā§ π = 22/7 āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 5 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 7 cm (d) 14 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) 7 cm
Explanation:
C = 2πr
44 = 2 × 22/7 × r
44 = 44r/7
r = 7 cm
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
C = 2πr
44 = 2 × 22/7 × r
r = 7 cm
Board Exam Expected Question (āĻŦ'ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžā§ąā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ)
Q. The circumference of a circle is always: āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āϏāĻĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) π times the radius (b) π times the diameter
(c) Radius + Diameter (d) Diameter²
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) π times the diameter
Explanation: C = πd. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ = π × āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĨ¤
11. The circumference of a circle is 88 cm. What is its diameter ? (π = 22/7) (ā§§ā§§. āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ 88 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ? (π = 22/7))
(a) 14 cm (b) 21 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 35 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) 28 cm
Explanation: d = C ÷ π = 88 ÷ (22/7) = 28 cm.
12. Which statement is always true ? (⧧⧍. āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĻāĻžā§ āĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ ?)
(a) π is a whole number (b) π is a rational number
(c) π is an irrational number (d) π is a natural number
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) π is an irrational number
Explanation: π cannot be written exactly as a fraction. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: π-ā§° āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
13. If the radius becomes three times, the circumference becomes: (ā§§ā§Š. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ 3 āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻš'āĻŦ ?)
(a) 3 times (b) 6 times (c) 9 times (d) Same
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) 3 times
Explanation: Circumference is directly proportional to radius. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏ⧰āϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
14. A circle has radius 14 cm. Its circumference is: (ā§§ā§Ē. āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ 14 cmāĨ¤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
(a) 44 cm (b) 88 cm (c) 176 cm (d) 616 cm
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 88 cm
Explanation: C = 2πr = 2 × 22/7 × 14 = 88 cm.
15. Which formula is correct ? (ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ ?)
(a) C = πr² (b) C = 2πr (c) C = r² (d) C = d²
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) C = 2πr
Explanation: This is the standard formula for circumference. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋā§° āĻŽāĻžāύāĻ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°āĨ¤
16. If the diameter is increased by 50%, the circumference will: (ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ 50% āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻš'āĻŦ ?)
(a) Increase by 25% (b) Increase by 50% (c) Double (d) Triple
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Increase by 50%
Explanation: Circumference is directly proportional to diameter. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏ⧰āϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻāĨ¤