Circle

MATHEMATICS

STANDARD: VI
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Circle in daily life Q
Circle in music
Circle in sports
Circle P

Centre Diameter DE
Circumference D E
O
Circular region Centre
Radius
Diameter F
M
Chord
Arc
G
Semicircle
Crossword
A circle
Many musical instruments have a circular surface.
For example:

Bingo Drum Tabla

Snare Drum Bass Drum

 A
circl
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Five rings in the logo of Olympic games
 A circle is a closed curve in a plane.

A circle can be drawn with the help of a circular object.

For example: A circle drawn with the help of a coin.
 A circle is a closed curve
consisting of all points
in a plane which are at the
same distance (equidistant)
from a fixed point inside it.
Centre O

This fixed point (equidistant)

inside a circle is called
centre.

A circle has one and only

A circle one centre.
 A

Centre
A circle
O

The distance around a circle is called its circumference.

 A circle divides a plane into three parts.

3. Exterior of a circle

Centre
O
2. Interior of a circle

1. The circle
A plane
The interior of a circle together with its circumference
is called the circular region.
 O Centre

M
A point on the circle

A line segment that joins any point on the circle to its centre
is called a radius.
 N

Centre O

K
L
 Radii ( plural of radius) of a circle are equal in length.

 Infinite number of radius can be drawn in a circle.

 A

O Centre
A circle

B
A line segment that joins any two points on the circle and
passes through its centre is called a diameter.
 M
A

A circle
P

O
Centre
Q

N
 Infinite number of diameters can be drawn in a circle.

 As the radii of a circle are equal in length, its diameters too

are equal in length.
 Diameter MN
M N
Radius OM O Radius ON
Centre

Radius OM = Radius ON
Diameter MN = Radius OM + Radius ON
The length of the diameter of a circle is twice the length of its
radius.
A is a point on the B is another point
circle on the circle
A
B

A line segment that joins any two points on the circle is

called a chord.
 M

N
O
C D
Chord CD
Diameter CD
K

Diameter is also a chord of the circle.

 M N
Chord MN

O
C D
Diameter CD

K L
Chord KL

C D
M N

The diameter is the longest chord.

 M N
Chord MN
G

O Centre

K
L
H

Infinite number of chords can be drawn in a circle.

 K L

O
Centre

An arc is the distance between any two points on the

circumference of a circle.
 Naming an arc
X
Arc KXL
K L

O
Centre

An arc is named by three points, of which two are the end

points of the arc and the third one lies in between them.
 X
Minor Arc KXL
K L

O
Centre

Major Arc KYL

Y
An arc divides the circle into two parts: the smaller arc is
called the minor arc, the larger one is called the major arc.
 An arc

An arc
 Semicircle DSE

S Arc DSE

Diameter
D E
O
Centre
Arc DRE

R Semicircle DRE

 Half of a circle is called a semicircle.

 A semicircle is also an arc of the circle.

 Semicircle DSE

Semicircular region
O Diameter E
D
Centre

Semicircular region
Semicircle DRE

The diameter of a circle divides it into

2 semicircular regions.
 O
Centre

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc Circle
 O Centre

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc Circle
 Diameter DE
D E
O
Centre

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc Circle
 Q

O
Centre

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc Circle
 E
O
Centre

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc Circle
 S
Semicircle DSE

Semicircle
Diameter
D E
O
Centre
Semicircle

Semi
Radius Diameter Chord Arc circle
 2C
1A Across:
4D I A M E T E 3R 4. The line segment that joins
R A any two points on the circle
R
and passes through its
5C I R C L E D centre.
5. A closed curve in a plane.
U I 6. All points on the circle are
M equidistant from this point.
U
7. A line segment that joins any
F S two points on a circle.

E
Down
6C E N T R E 1. The distance between any two
points on the circumference of the
E circle.
N 2. The distance around the circle.

7C H O R D 3. The distance from the centre of the

circle to a point on the circle.
E