Arcs and chords worksheet
An arc has the same measure as its central angle, and the whole way round is 360. For chords, the perpendicular from the center cuts the chord in half, which makes a right triangle you already know how to solve.
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How to do these
A chord of length is from the center. Find the radius
- Half the chord is 12.
- 12, 5 and the radius make a right triangle.
- 12 squared plus 5 squared is 169.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Using the whole chord in the right triangle. The perpendicular from the center bisects it, so only half the chord is a leg. Using all 24 gives a radius far too large.
Also called central angles, major and minor arcs or chord length.
What you can put on this worksheet
- Arc measures and central angles
- Two adjacent arcs measure and . Find the remaining arc. →
- Chords, distance from the center, radius
- Find . — a circle with a chord and the distance to the center, labeled 48, x, 26 →
- Congruent chords and arcs, written in x
- In a circle, , and . Find . →
- Congruent chords, lengths written in x
- In circle , chords and are congruent. and . Find . →
- Minor arcs, major arcs and semicircles
- In circle , is a diameter, and . Classify each arc and find its measure: , , . → : major, ; : minor, ; : semicircle,
- Arcs on a diameter, written in x
- is a diameter of circle . and . Find . →
- A radius perpendicular to a chord cuts it in half
- In circle , radius is perpendicular to chord at . . Find . →
- Central angles round the whole circle, in x
- The central angles , , fill the circle around . , , . Find . →
- Chords that do not come out whole, rounded
- How far from the center of a circle of radius does a chord of length lie? Round to the nearest tenth. →
- Name the arc, the major arc, or the central angle
- Name the central angle that cuts off . — a circle with points, chords and arcs, labeled J, K, L, M, O →
- Two diameters crossing
- Diameters and cross at the center . Find . — a circle with points, chords and arcs, labeled 94°, W, X, Y, Z, O →
- Distance to a chord, with the radius drawn elsewhere
- The perpendicular from to meets it at . The radius and . Find . — a circle with points, chords and arcs, labeled A, B, C, D, O →