Two Shapes from a Wire

You have a piece of wire, and cut it into two pieces. You bend one piece into a circle and the other into a square. This classic problem is a great place to practice noticing and wondering, and to connect to problem posing. I'd recommend Simon Gregg's neat post about his curiosity about this problem, http://seekecho.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-square-and-circle.html.

 

John Golden

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
circle  optimization  square  wire 
Target Group (Age)
3 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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