TRUE MEANING of π
Note: LARGE WHITE POINT is MOVEABLE.
1.
How many diameters were we able to wrap perfectly around this circle? [br](Round your answer to the nearest 0.01.)
2.
Move the LARGE WHITE POINT a bit (to change the size of the circle). Does your answer to question (1) change at all?
3.
Does your response for (1) look familiar? Where you have you seen this number before?
Quick (Silent) Demo
Unwrapping a Cylinder
Sections of Rectangular Prisms (Cuboids)
Drag the blue points to see the different sections of the rectangular prism (cuboid).
Anthony Or. GeoGebra Institute of Hong Kong