1. Use your formula to find the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 24.5 cm. Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
    2. Use your formula to find the diameter of a circle with a circumference of 48 cm. Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.

Check-In: Questions 20–26

There is a definite relationship between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.
  • The circumference of a circle is equal to the diameter of the same circle times . This means that C = D.
  • The diameter of a circle is equal to the circumference of the same circle divided by . This means that D = C ÷ .

Find the circumference or the diameter of a circle to solve the following problems. Use the key on your calculator.

  1. Nila measured the circumference of a circle as 9 inches. Find the diameter. Round your answer to the nearest inch.
  2. Brandon measured the diameter of a circle as 87 cm. Find the circumference. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
  3. Copy the table at the right. Then find the missing values of D (diameter) and C (circumference). Round answers to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.
  4. A tire on a car has an inside diameter of 43 centimeters and an outside diameter of 71 centimeters.
    1. What is the inner circumference?
    2. What is the outer circumference?
    3. How far will the tire roll in one turn?