NATIONAL VICTOR PUBLIC SCHOOL, I.

P EXTENSION
SESSION 2021-2022
CLASS - 9
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS LAB ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY 8

Objective
To verify that the angle subtended by an arc at the centre of circle is double the
angle subtended at any point on the remaining part of the circle, experimentally.

Prerequisite Knowledge

1. Basic terms related to circle.

2. Concept of an angle subtended by an arc at the centre and at the
circumference of the circle.

Materials Required
Glazed papers, white sheet, pencil, a pair of scissors, gluestick.

Procedure

1. Cut one circle of radius 2.5 cm with centre O from red coloured glazed paper.
2. Cut three more circles from different coloured glazed papers of same radius.
3. Keep all four circles one on the other. Now fold along any part and press
them to make a crease. On unfolding, we get chords of same length on each
circle.
4. Name the chords, AB in first circle with
centre O.
5. Join OA and OB with pencil [fig. (i)].

6. Take two other circles of yellow and

green colour and put one on the other and fold it such as to form an angle on
the circumference with the same chord AB [fig. (ii) and (iii)].
 7. Name these angles as ACB where AB is a chord.
8. Cut angles from fig. (ii) and (iii), ∠ACB from yellow circle and ∠ACB from
green circle.
9. Cut the small portion of ∠ACB from both the circles [fig (ii) and (iii)].
10.Paste these two cut outs of fig. (ii) and (iii) on the another (blue) circle [fig.
(iv)] at centre O such that their arms lie on the radius OA and OB of circle.

Observation
We observe that two cut outs of angles fully cover ∠AOB in fig.(iv).
∠AOB = ∠ECF + ∠GCH (as ∠ECF = ∠GCH = ∠ACB).
= 2 ∠ACB

Result
Hence we verified that the angle subtended by an arc at the centre of circle is
double the angle subtended by the same arc at any point on the remaining part of
the circle.

Learning Outcome
Verification of above theorem can be done for arc AB as major arc or semicircular
arc. For semicircle, angle on the diameter is of 90°.
 NATIONAL VICTOR PUBLIC SCHOOL, I.P EXTENSION
SESSION 2021-2022
CLASS - 9
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS LAB ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY 9

Objective
To verify that the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary by
paper folding activity.

Prerequisite Knowledge

1. A quadrilateral whose all four vertices lies on the circle is known as cyclic
quadrilateral.
2. Concept of opposite angles of a quadrilateral.
3. Concept of Supplementary angles.

Materials Required
White paper sheet, compass, glazed papers, pencil, a pair of scissors, gluestick.

Procedure

1. Draw a circle of radius 2 cm on a white glazed paper with centre O.

2. Cut this circle with centre O and draw one more circle of same radius.
3. Take any four points A, B, C, D on the circumference of both the circles.
4. Join AB, BC, CD, DA by paper folding on the both the circles.
5. We get a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD on both the circles [fig.(i) and fig.(ii)].
Take ∠A and ∠C of blue colour and ∠B and ∠D of pink colour in both
circles.
 6. From the second circle, using transparent sheets make cut outs of ∠A, ∠B,
∠C, ∠D. [fig. (iii)]. Take ∠A and ∠C of blue colour and ∠B and ∠D of pink
colour.

7. Make a straight line on white paper sheet. Place cut outs of ∠A and ∠C
adjacent to each other on a straight line and paste them [fig.(iv)].
8. Take cut outs of ∠B and ∠D and place them adjacent to each other on another
straight line and paste them [fig.(iv)].

Observation
As ∠A and ∠C forms a linear pair.
∴ ∠A + ∠C = 180°
Similarly, ∠B + ∠D = 180°

Result
Hence, it is verified that in a cyclic quadrilateral, sum of opposite angles is 180°.

Learning Outcome
If a cyclic quadrilateral is a parallelogram then it become a rectangle, this can be
proved by paper folding and cutting method.