A line of any length may act as the radius of a circle. The radius is the distance from the centre to the perimeter of a circle.
With a compass
If you draw a line from the center of a circle to the edge of a circle, you have drawn the radius of the circle. If you draw a line from the edge of a circle through the center of the circle and on to the edge on the opposite side, you have drawn the diameter of a circle. The radius of a circle is one half the diameter of a circle.
When you draw a circle in math, and you draw a triangle inside of it, 2 of the lines should be the radius of the circle, and the third (bottom) line that is not the radius is the chord.
The radius is the distance from the center of the circle to its edge. No matter how you draw this radius, it is one value of one length only, for any given circle.
Radii are always positive. No, it is not possible to draw a circle with negative radius.
A line of any length may act as the radius of a circle. The radius is the distance from the centre to the perimeter of a circle.
With a compass
Draw two diameters perpendicular to each other. Draw a smaller circle with the same centre such that the radius of the inner circle is 'r' and the radius of the outer circle is 'r√2.' [Or, the radius of the outer circle is R and the radius of the inner circle is R/√2.]
If you draw a line from the center of a circle to the edge of a circle, you have drawn the radius of the circle. If you draw a line from the edge of a circle through the center of the circle and on to the edge on the opposite side, you have drawn the diameter of a circle. The radius of a circle is one half the diameter of a circle.
1 centimeter
# Find the center of the circle # Draw the line of the radius from the center to the circumference # Finish
When you draw a circle in math, and you draw a triangle inside of it, 2 of the lines should be the radius of the circle, and the third (bottom) line that is not the radius is the chord.
The radius is the distance from the center of the circle to its edge. No matter how you draw this radius, it is one value of one length only, for any given circle.
The area of a circle is: pi times radius squared
Drive a peg into the ground. Form a loop at both ends of a thin rope measuring 5 meters. Slip one looped end of the thin rope over the peg. Put a stick in the other loop and stretch the rope taut. Move the stick in a circle, keeping the rope taut, scoring a line on the ground with the end of the stick. Instead of a stick, a piece of chalk, or an aerosol can of paint could be used to mark the ground.
Put a peg in the ground where you want the centre of the circle. Tie a string to the peg - loose enough so tat the string is free to rotate around the peg. Measure 5 metres along the string, from the peg, and at that point tie something that will mark the ground - a stick, for example. Walk around the central peg, holding the stick to the ground and keeping the string taut.