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BMAD
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kindergarten circles project
« on: May 25th, 2014, 11:12pm » |
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I need to cut out 200 circles out of regular 8 1/2 by 11 paper. If each radius must be 1 inch long, what is the fewest amount of sheets needed? Assume I can use tape.
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Re: kindergarten circles project
« Reply #1 on: May 26th, 2014, 12:53am » |
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If you can use tape, does it mean you can make circles from an arbitrary number of pieces?
I would cut the paper in narrow stripes and stick them together into circles.
That's probably not what you meant.
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Re: kindergarten circles project
« Reply #2 on: May 26th, 2014, 6:25pm » |
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That is exactly what I meant. My students tend to focus on circles as disc and not consider them as ribbons. So of course it can be fine with 1 sheet.
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Re: kindergarten circles project
« Reply #3 on: May 27th, 2014, 12:23am » |
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so it boils down to an area calculation problem? In that case the answer is:
7 sheets. But you'll probably need a lot of tape and patience
PS: What is the smallest number of sheets needed if you have no tape?
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Re: kindergarten circles project
« Reply #4 on: Jun 11th, 2014, 11:14pm » |
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I think it can be done with 20 sheets.
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Re: kindergarten circles project
« Reply #5 on: Sep 30th, 2014, 4:18am » |
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may be 50 I think so
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