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Making a circle from a rectangle…

Today we read a short story about a clever princess who asked the king for land. She asked for only enough that an ox hide could cover. Thinking that the area would be small, the king agreed.  The princess went to work and cut the hide into strips, sewed the ends together, and then was able to make a new shape…a circle! See our “hides” and compare the area of the beginning rectangle to the completed circle! Wow! What a huge difference!

circle-1.jpg circle-3.jpg circle-2.jpg  

Then…we had a great time seeing what all could be made from our strips.

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5 Responses to “Making a circle from a rectangle…”

  1. Ashley Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 9:29 am

    that was cool!!!

  2. Summer Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    That was so cool i didn’t know we could do that with just a sheet of paper.

  3. ryleigh Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    that was wierd i didnt think you could make a HUGE circle from just a little sheet of paper everybody could sit in thier circle!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Shelbi Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    I never knew what a plain ol’ piece of paper could turn into!! My circle was HUUUUUUGGGGEEE!!! :)

  5. Summer Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    That was so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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