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Q: A circle is made up of how many degrees?
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How many degrees make up a circle?

360


How many degrees does a circle add up to?

360


How many line segments does a circle have?

A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.


Why does the square and the circle's angles add up to 360 degrees?

The short answer is "They Don't!"First we must understand what a convention is. A convention is simply an agreement that we all follow. Sometimes there are many conventions. E.g. We measure speed in kph, mph, mach and knots to name a few. In some cases the whole world agrees on a single convention.By convention a circle is divided into 360 slices, each slice is called "one degree". Thus a circle is divided into 360 degrees and now we have a tool to measure angles. This convention is world wide.A square is a square because it has 4 equal sides and 4 equal corners. To measure a square or any polygon, we move along the boundary and using our measuring device we measure every change of direction. A square measures 360 degrees.If we measure a circle using the same rules that we apply to polygons we must start at a point on the circumference and measure each change of direction. A circle is always changing, thus we can say that a circle has an infinite number of changes of direction. Each change is infinitely close to 180 degrees. Thus a circle has an infinite number of degrees when measured using the same rules that we apply to polygons.Consider the following test given by teachers to children.How many degrees in a triangle___________________Answer___180How many degrees in a square____________________Answer___360How many degrees in a hexagon__________________Answer___720How many degrees in a octagon__________________Answer___1080How many degrees in a circle____________________Answer___InfinityThis test sets up a mathematical progression for young minds to solve. The answer to the last question is not 360. It is in fact infinity.If a teacher wants an answer of 360 then the question should be a separate question such as "how many degrees is a circle divided into?


How many angles can you find in the word JOY?

Angles around the circle O add up to 360 degrees Angles in Y are 2 of them are obtuse angles and 1 is an acute angle and the 3 of them add up to 360 degrees Angle in J could be a right angle

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If a right angle takes up 90 degrees of a circle how many degrees is the rest of the circle?

270 degrees


How many degrees make up a circle?

360


How many degrees does a circle add up to?

360


Is a circle and a quadrilateral made up of the same number of degrees?

Yes


Why is a full rotation called 360 degrees?

a circle is made up of angular measure, commonly called degrees. Also may be radians or grads. But 360 degrees constitutes a full circle


How many degrees are there around the world?

There are 360 degrees around the world, which make up a full circle.


What is A quarter of a circle plus one eighth of a circle?

A 1/4 of a circle is 90 degrees 1/8 of a circle is 45 degrees and they both add up to 135 degrees


What does a whole circle add up to in an angle?

There are 360 degrees in a circle.


How many line segments does a circle have?

A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.A circle doesn't have line segments. It is a curve, not made up of straight lines.


Are circles made up of angles?

All angles are based on a scale of 360 degrees read around the edge of a circle.


How many degrees makea full circle?

360 degrees make a full circle or a complete turn around. For example if you spun 360 degress you would end up in the same spot you started.


Why a circle have 360 degrees?

Because angles around any point add up to 360 degrees and the point is the circle's centre.