Area of a circle

Sample Area of a circle questions

A few of the 22 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 12 marksGrade 3-4
   A circle has a radius of $7$ cm. Calculate the area of the circle. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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   Area $= \pi r^2$

What are the common mistakes in Area of a circle?

When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.

• Finds the radius from a given area but forgets to take the square root after dividing by pi

  Calculated $\dfrac{1256.6}{\pi} ≈ 400$, dividing by $\pi$ but forgetting to take the square root.

• Confuses radius and diameter when calculating a circle's area

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How many Area of a circle practice questions are there?

There are 22 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Area of a circle, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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