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What does a hula hoop have to do

with Math?
1. Use string to measure the diameter of your hula hoop.

Cut the string the length you need for 1 diameter.

2. Determine how many pieces of string it takes to go around the outside of the hula hoop. (Your
hula hoop is marked with a piece of tape. Use this as the starting point.)

Answer here_______________

3. What is the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle?

4. Use what you just discovered to complete the table below.

Diameter Circumference
in inches Process in inches
(d) (C) Equation:
1
2
3
4
5
d
23
y

5. Graph the first 5 ordered pairs from the table above.

Label both axes.

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 What does a hula hoop have to do
with Math? ---- Continued
6. Use string to measure the radius of your hula hoop.

Cut the string the length you need for 1 radius.

7. Determine how many pieces of string it takes to go around the outside of the hula hoop. (Your
hula hoop is marked with a piece of tape. Use this as the starting point.)

Answer here_______________

8. What is the relationship between the radius and the circumference of a circle?

9. Use what you just discovered to complete the table below.

Radius Circumference
in inches Process in inches
(r) (C) Equation:
1
2
3
4
5
r
23
y

10. Graph the first 5 ordered pairs from the table above.

Label both axes.

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