Name: ____________________________________

Follow instructions below. Once youve completed an instruction, place a check on the line
beside the number you completed.

_______ 1. Place colored marker in the center of your circle (hula-hoop). You may tape it to the
floor if that would make it easier.

_______ 2. Using string, create a line showing the (a) diameter, (b) radius, (c) a chord, (d)
circumference.

________ 3. Once you have identified each part of the circle, draw the pattern of strings on your
hula-hoop in the circle below.

_______ 4. Measure the length of the string you had identified as the diameter in inches.
Write the length below. Remember your units.

_______ 5. WITHOUT MEASURING, what is the radius of this circle? How did you know?
Show your work.

_______ 6. Measure the string representing your radius. Record below.

Did the measurement match your answer in #5? Why or why not?
______ 7. WITHOUT MEASURING, is the chord shorter or longer in length than the
diameter? Why or why not?

_______ 8. Measure the string representing the chord. Record below. Were you correct in
#7?

_______ 9. WITHOUT MEASURING, how long is the circumference of the hula-hoop?

How did you know? Show your work.

________ 10. Measure the string representing your circumference. Record below.
Did the measurement match your answer in #9? Why or why not?