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Circumference of a CircleThe distance around a circle. It is equal to Pi () times the diameter of the circle. Pi or is a number that is approximately 3.14159.

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What is the circumference of a circle having a diameter of 7.9 cm, to the nearest tenth of a cm? Using an approximation of 3.14159 for , and the fact that the circumference of a circle is times the diameter of the circle, the circumference of the circle is Pi × 7.9 3.14159 × 7.9 = 24.81…cm, which equals 24.8 cm when rounded to the nearest tenth of a cm.

or you could just measure it using a string and save yourself the math

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