PREFACE

I have done many researches throughout the internet and discussing with a friend who have
helped me a lot in completing this project.
Through the completion of this project, I have learned many skills and techniques. This project
really helps me to understand more about the uses of circles in our daily life. This project also
helped expose the techniques of application of additional mathematics in real life situations.

Acknowledgement
First of all, I want to express my utmost gratitude to everyone that has contributed to the success
of this project. Though it’s kind of hard for me to accomplish the project alone but with the help
and never-ending supports from these people;

• my parents,
• my additional mathematics teacher, Puan Intan Roselyza,
• my friends
• and those that have contributed in this project,

I managed to get this project done in just a few days.

Thank you.

Content
 No. Contents Page
1 Introduction 3 - 4
2 Part 1 5 - 8
3 Part 2a 9 - 10
4 Part 2b 11 - 12
5 Part 3 13 - 16

Introduction

A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane

which are the same distance from a given point called the centre. The common distance of the
points of a circle from its center is called its radius. A diameter is a line segment whose

endpoints lie on the circle and which passes through the centre of the circle. The length of a

diameter is twice the length of the radius. A circle is never a polygon because it has no sides or

vertices.

Circles are simple closed curves which divide the plane into two regions, an interior and

an exterior. In everyday use the term "circle" may be used interchangeably to refer to either the

boundary of the figure (known as the perimeter) or to the whole figure including its interior, but

in strict technical usage "circle" refers to the perimeter while the interior of the circle is called a

disk. The circumference of a circle is the perimeter of the circle (especially when referring to its

length).

A circle is a special ellipse in which the two foci are coincident. Circles are conic sections

attained when a right circular cone is intersected with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the

cone.

The circle has been known since before the beginning of recorded history. It is the basis

for the wheel, which, with related inventions such as gears, makes much of modern civilization

possible. In mathematics, the study of the circle has helped inspire the development of geometry

and calculus.
 Early science, particularly geometry and Astrology and astronomy, was connected to the

divine for most medieval scholars, and many believed that there was something intrinsically

"divine" or "perfect" that could be found in circles.

Some highlights in the history of the circle are:

• 1700 BC – The Rhind papyrus gives a method to find the area of a circular field. The

result corresponds to 256/81 as an approximate value of π.[1]

• 300 BC – Book 3 of Euclid's Elements deals with the properties of circles.

• 1880 – Lindemann proves that π is transcendental, effectively settling the millennia-old

problem of squaring the circle.[2]

PART 1

a) The task is carried out by collecting 5 such objects related to circles or parts of a
circle. Some of the examples are clock, wheel, donut, CD-ROM and plate. The aim is
to create awareness among students that mathematics is applicable in our daily
lives.

b) For this part, I used the internet resources as a reference to get the definition of
pi and brief history of pi (π).

PART 2
a) Semicircle PAB and BCR of diameter d1 and d2 are inscribed in the semicircle
PQR such that the sum of d1 and d2 is equal to 10 cm. Table 1 can be completed by
using various values of d1, and the corresponding value of d2. For this part, I used
the formulae to find length of arcs PQR, PAB and BCR is s = π r. The relation
between the lengths of arcs PQR, PAB and BCR is determined. Thus, d1 + d2= 10.
b) (i) Semicircle PAB, BCD and DER of diameter d1, d2 and d3 are inscribed in the
semicircle PQR such that the sum of d1, d2 and d3 is equal to 10 cm. The task is
carried out by using the various values of d1,and d2 ¬and the corresponding values
d3. The relation between the lengths of arcs PQR, PAB, BCD and DER is determined
and the findings are tabulated. Thus, d1 + d2 + d3 = 10.

(ii) Based on the findings in (a) and (b), generalizations are made about the length
of the arc of the outer semicircle and the lengths of arcs of the inner semicircles for
n inner semicircles where n = 2, 3, 4….

c) For different values of diameters of the outer semicircle, generalizations stated in

b (ii) is still true that the length of arc of the outer semicircle is equal to the sum of
the lengths of arc of
the inner semicircles for n semicircles where n = 1,2,3,4...

PART 3

a) The Mathematics Society is given a task to design a garden to beautify the

school. The shaded region in Diagram 3 will be planted with flowers and the two
inner semicircles are fish ponds. The area of the flower plot is y m2 and the
diameter of one of the fish ponds is x m. To find the area of semicircles, the formula,
π r2 is applied. Thus, y is expressed in terms of π and x.

b) The diameters of the two fish ponds are calculated when the area of the area of
the flower plot is 16.5 m2. Quadratic equation is used to get the diameters of the
two fish ponds.
c) The non-linear equation obtained in (a) is reduced to simpler linear form that is
values for the vertical axis and x values for the horizontal axis. A straight line graph
is plotted using Microsoft Excel. Using the straight line graph, the area of the flower
plot is determined when the diameter of one of the fish ponds is 4.5 m.

d) The cost of the fish ponds is higher than that of the flower plot. Thus,
differentiation and completing the square methods are used to determine the area
of the flower plot such that the cost of constructing the garden is minimum.

e) The principal suggested an additional of 12 semicircular flower beds to the design

submitted by the Mathematics Society. The sum of the diameters of the semicircular
flower beds is 10 m. The diameter of the smallest flower bed is 30 cm and the
diameter of the flower beds are increased by a constant value successively.
Arithmetic progression is used to determine the common difference in order to
determine the diameters of the remaining flower beds.

Part 1
There are a lot of things around us related to circles or parts of a circles. We need to play with

circles in order to complete some of the problems involving circles. In this project I will use the

principles of circle to design a garden to beautify the school.

Circle-shaped bottle cover Circle design on jewelry Coin

The CD of an album Bicycle wheels Circular wave of water

Before I continue the task, first, we do have to know what do pi(π) related to a circle.

Definition

In Euclidean plane geometry, π is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its

diameter:
 The ratio C/d is constant, regardless of a circle's size. For example, if a circle has twice the

diameter d of another circle it will also have twice the circumference C, preserving the ratio C/d.

Area of the circle = π × area of the shaded square

Alternatively π can be also defined as the ratio of a circle's area (A) to the area of a square whose

side is equal to the radius:[3][5]

These definitions depend on results of Euclidean geometry,

such as the fact that all circles are similar. This can be

considered a problem when π occurs in areas of mathematics that

otherwise do not involve geometry. For this reason,

mathematicians often prefer to define π without reference to

geometry, instead selecting one of its analytic properties as a

definition. A common choice is to define π as twice the smallest positive x for which cos(x) = 0.[6]

The formulas below illustrate other (equivalent) definitions.

History
 The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its

radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (ca. 1900–1680 BC) indicates a

value of 3.125 for pi, which is a closer approximation.

In the Egyptian Rhind Papyrus (ca.1650 BC), there is evidence that the Egyptians calculated the

area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for pi.

The ancient cultures mentioned above found their approximations by measurement. The first

calculation of pi was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest

mathematicians of the ancient world. Archimedes approximated the area of a circle by using the

Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons: the polygon inscribed within the

circle and the polygon within which the circle was circumscribed. Since the actual area of the

circle lies between the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons, the areas of the

polygons gave upper and lower bounds for the area of the circle. Archimedes knew that he had

not found the value of pi but only an approximation within those limits. In this way, Archimedes

showed that pi is between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71.

A similar approach was used by Zu Chongzhi (429–501), a brilliant Chinese mathematician and

astronomer. Zu Chongzhi would not have been familiar with Archimedes’ method—but because
his book has been lost, little is known of his work. He calculated the value of the ratio of the

circumference of a circle to its diameter to be 355/113.

To compute this accuracy for pi, he must have started with an inscribed regular 24,576-gon and

performed lengthy calculations involving hundreds of square roots carried out to 9 decimal

places.

Mathematicians began using the Greek letter π in the 1700s. Introduced by William Jones in

1706, use of the symbol was popularized by Euler, who adopted it in 1737.

An 18th century French mathematician named Georges Buffon devised a way to calculate pi

based on probability.

d1 cm
Q
10
d2
Part 2 (a)
Diagram 1 shows a semicircle PQR of diameter 10cm. Semicircles PAB and BCR of diameter d1

and d2 respectively are inscribed in PQR such that the sum of d1 and d2 is equal to 10cm. By

using various values of d1 and corresponding values of d2, I determine the relation between

length of arc PQR, PAB, and BCR.

Using formula: Arc of semicircle = ½πd

d1 d2 Length of arc PQR in Length of arc PAB in Length of arc BCR in

(cm) (cm) terms of π (cm) terms of π (cm) terms of π (cm)
1 9 5π ½π 9/2 π
2 8 5π π 4π
3 7 5π 3/2 π 7/2 π
4 6 5π 2π 3π
5 5 5π 5/2π 5/2 π
6 4 5π 3π 2π
7 3 5π 7/2 π 3/2 π
8 2 5π 4π π
9 1 5π 9/2 π ½π

Table 1

From the Table 1 we know that the length of arc PQR is not affected by the different in d1 and d2

in PAB and BCR respectively. The relation between the length of arcs PQR , PAB and BCR is that

the length of arc PQR is equal to the sum of the length of arcs PAB and BCR, which is we can get

the equation:

SPQR = S + S PAB BCR

Let d1= 3, and d2=7 SPQR = S + S PAB BCR

 5π = ½ π(3) + ½ π(7)

5π = 3/2 π + 7/2 π

5π = 10/2 π

5π = 5 π

E321 cm
D
Q
10
d
(b)
 d1 d2 d3 SPQR SPAB SBCD SDER
1 2 7 5π 1/2 π π 7/2 π
2 2 6 5π π π 3π
2 3 5 5π π 3/2 π 5/2 π
2 4 4 5π π 2π 2π
2 5 3 5π π 5/2 π 3/2 π

SPQR = SPAB + SBCD + SDER

Let d1 = 2, d2 = 5, d3 = 3 SPQR = SPAB + SBCD + SDER
5 π = π + 5/2 π + 3/2 π
5π = 5π

b. (ii) The length of arc of outer semicircle is equal to the sum of the length of arc of inner

semicircle for n = 1,2,3,4,….

Souter = S1 + S2 + S3 + S4 + S5

c) Assume the diameter of outer semicircle is 30cm and 4 semicircles are inscribed in the outer

semicircle such that the sum of d1(APQ), d2(QRS), d3(STU), d4(UVC) is equal to 30cm.

d1 d2 d3 d4 SABC SAPQ SQRS SSTU SUVC

10 8 6 6 15 π 5π 4π 3π 3π
12 3 5 10 15 π 6π 3/2 π 5/2 π 5π
14 8 4 4 15 π 7π 4π 2π 2π
15 5 3 7 15 π 15/2 π 5/2 π 3/2 π 7/2 π
let d1=10, d2=8, d3=6, d4=6, SABC = SAPQ + SQRS + SSTU + SUVC

15 π = 5 π + 4 π + 3 π + 3 π

15 π = 15 π

Part 3

a) Area of flower plot = y m2

y = (25/2) π - (1/2(x/2)2 π + 1/2((10-x )/2)2 π)

= (25/2) π - (1/2(x/2)2 π + 1/2((100-20x+x2)/4) π)

= (25/2) π - (x2/8 π + ((100 - 20x + x2)/8) π)

= (25/2) π - (x2π + 100π – 20x π + x2π )/8

= (25/2) π - ( 2x2– 20x + 100)/8) π

= (25/2) π - (( x2 – 10x + 50)/4)

= (25/2 - (x2 - 10x + 50)/4) π

y= ((10x – x2)/4) π

b) y = 16.5 m2

16.5 = ((10x – x2)/4) π

66 = (10x - x2) 22/7

66(7/22) = 10x – x2

0 = x2 - 10x + 21

0 = (x-7)(x – 3)

x=7 , x=3

c) y= ((10x – x2)/4) π

y/x = (10/4 - x/4) π

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y/x 7.1 6.3 5.5 4.7 3.9 3.1 2.4
 8.0
Y/x

7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
X

When x = 4.5 , y/x = 4.3

Area of flower plot = y/x * x

= 4.3 * 4.5

= 19.35m2

d) Differentiation method

dy/dx = ((10x-x2)/4) π

= ( 10/4 – 2x/4) π
 0 = 5/2 π – x/2 π

5/2 π = x/2 π

x = 5

Completing square method

y= ((10x – x2)/4) π

= 5/2 π - x2/4 π

= -1/4 π (x2 – 10x)

y+ 52 = -1/4 π (x – 5)2

y = -1/4 π (x - 5)2 - 25

x–5=0

x=5

Tn (flower Diameter

bed) (cm)
T1 30
T2 39.697
T3 49.394
T4 59.091
T5 68.788
T6 78.485
T7 88.182
T8 97.879
T9 107.576
T10 117.273
T11 126.97
T12 136.667
e) n= 12, a = 30cm, S12 = 1000cm

S12 = n/2 (2a + (n – 1)d

1000 = 12/2 ( 2(30) + (12 – 1)d)

1000 = 6 ( 60 + 11d)

1000 = 360 + 66d

1000 – 360 = 66d

640 = 66d

d = 9.697

CONCLUSION
Part 1

Not all objects surrounding us are related to circles. If all the objects are circle, there
would be no balance and stability. In our daily life, we could related circles in
objects. For example: a fan, a ball or a wheel. In Pi(π), we accept 3.142 or 22/7 as
the best value of pi. The circumference of the circle is proportional as pi(π) x
diameter. If the circle has twice the diameter, d of another circle, thus the
circunference, C will also have twice of its value, where preserving the ratio =Cid

Part 2

The relation between the length of arcs PQR, PAB and BCR where the semicircles
PQR is the outer semicircle while inner semicircle PAB and BCR is Length of arc=PQR
= Length of PAB + Length of arc BCR.The length of arc for each semicircles can be
obtained as in length of arc = 1/2(2πr). As in conclusion, outer semicircle is also
equal to the inner semicircles where Sin=Sout .

Part 3

In semicircle ABC(the shaded region), and the two semicircles which is AEB and BFC,
the area of the shaded region semicircle ADC is written as in Area of shaded region
ADC =Area of ADC – (Area of AEB + Area of BFC). When we plot a straight link graph
based on linear law, we may still obtained a linear graph because Sin=Sout where
the diameter has a constant value for a semicircle.