Finding Area and Circumference Word Problems

The radius of Michael’s basketball rim is 8 inches. What is the circumference to the nearest hundredth?

• 25.12 in

• 50.27 in

• 12.56 in

• 48.15 in

The diameter of Joanne’s bicycle wheel is 18 inches. What is the circumference to the nearest tenth?

• 28.3 in

• 27 in

• 56.5 in

• 54 in

The circular fountain in front of the library has a radius of 8.8 feet. What is the circumference of the fountain to the nearest tenth?

• 55.3 ft

• 26.4 ft

• 48.8 ft

• 27.6 ft

A sauce pan has a radius of 16 centimeters. What is the circumference of the sauce pan to the nearest tenth?

• 48.0 cm

• 100.5 cm

• 96.0 cm

• 50.2 cm

The radius of the top of an eraser on a pencil is 2.5 millimeters . Find the circumference of the eraser to the nearest tenth.

• 49.3 mm

• 22.6 mm

• 15.7 mm

• 7.9 mm

A pizza has a diameter of 50 centimeters. Which of the following is closest to the circumference of the pizza? Show your work.

• 157 cm

• 53.14 cm

• 150 cm

• 201.28 cm

The diameter of a circular path is 30 meters. Using =3.14, find the approximate circumference of the path. Show your work.

• 33.14 m

• 150.72 m

• 94.2 m

• 63.14 m

The radius of a circular rug is 3 feet. Which of the following is closest to the circumference of the rug? Show your work.

• 6.14 ft

• 18.84 ft

• 9.42 ft

• 51.96 ft

Students in England created the world’s largest yo-yo. Its diameter is about 10 feet long! Which of these is closest to the area of the yo-yo? Show your work.

• 80.5 in²

• 87.5 in²

• 314 in²

• 78.5 in²

Five Italian chefs came together to bake the world’s largest pizza. Its diameter is 131 feet long! Which of these is closest to the area of the pizza? Show your work.

• 13471 ft²

• 411 ft²

• 206 ft²

• 4290 ft²