

Hippocrates of Chios (c. 470 – c. 410 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer. He was the first to show that the area of a disk (the region enclosed by a circle) is proportional to the square of its diameter, as part of his quadrature of the lune of Hippocrates, but did not identify the constant of proportionality.
COMPOUND SHAPES
Can we construct a square with the same area as a lune?
Key questions
Can we find the perimeter of compound shapes?
Can we find the area of compound shapes?
Can we problem solve with compound shapes?
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Specification detail
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Maryam's Magic by Megan Reid
Developing...
area investigations - 2,3
the annulus - 1,2
fence it - 1,2,3
inscribed in a circle - 2,3
compound shapes 1 - 1,2
compound shapes 2 - 1,2
compound shapes 3 - 1,2
compound shapes 4 - 1,2
compound shapes 5 - 1,2