Circle (āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ) – Solved Example : Radius / Diameter / Circumference / Area


Example 1 : Find the Radius / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ 1: The diameter of a circle is 16 cm. Find its radius. (āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ (Diameter) 16 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ (Radius) āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 6 cm  B) 8 cm  C) 10 cm  D) 12 cm


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: Radius = Diameter / 2 



Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 8 cm


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: Radius = Diameter ÷ 2 (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ = āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ ÷ 2)



Example 2: Find the Diameter / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ 2 : The radius of a circle is 9 cm. Find its diameter(āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ 9 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ (Diameter) āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 16 cm  B) 18 cm  C) 20 cm  D) 22 cm


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:


Diameter = 2 × Radius = 2 × 9 = 18 cm 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 18 cm


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: Diameter = Radius × 2 (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ = āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ × 2)


Example 3: Find the Circumference / āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ 3 : Find the circumference of a circle whose radius is 7 cm. (Take π = 22/7) [āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ 7 cm āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϧāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤ (π = 22/7 āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇)]


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 42 cm  B) 44 cm  C) 48 cm  D) 49 cm


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: C = 2πr 



 C = 44 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 44 cm


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: When r = 7 and π = 22/7,


Cancel 7 first, then multiply 2 × 22.) (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ 7 āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ•, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ 2 × 22 = 44āĨ¤)


Example 4: Find the Area / āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ 4 : Find the area of a circle whose radius is 7 cm. (Take π = 22/7) pāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ 7 cm āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤ (π = 22/7 āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇)]


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 144 cm²  B) 154 cm²  C) 164 cm²  D) 174 cm²


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: A = πr


 = 154 cm2


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 154 cm²


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: When r = 7 and π = 22/7,


22/7 × 7 × 7 = 22×7 = 154  (Cancel 7 first, then multiply 22 × 7.) (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ 7 āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ•, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ 22 × 7 = 154āĨ¤)