# Area of a Circle and its formula

Practice Problems & examples

### Formula for Area of circle

The formula to find a circle's area $$\pi$$ (radius)2 usually expressed as $$\pi \cdot r^2$$ where r is the radius of a circle.

The area of a circle is all the space inside a circle's circumference.
In the picture on the left, the area of the circle is the part of the circle that is changing color.

Explore and discover the relationship bet wen the area formula , the radius of a circle and its graph with with our interactive applet

### Practice Problems

Remember the Formula:

$$Area = \pi \cdot r^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot ( 22')^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot 1,520 \text{ square feet} \\ A = 4775.220833456486\text{ square feet} \\ Area = \boxed{ 4775.2 }$$

Remember the Formula:

$$Area = \pi \cdot r^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot ( 5")^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot 25 \text{ square inches} \\ A = 78.53981633974483 \text{square inches} \\ A = 78.5 \text{ square inches, rounded to nearest tenth}$$

Remember the Formula:

$$Area = \pi \cdot r^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot (7 \text{ centimeters} )^2 \\ A = 153.93804002589985 \text{ square centimeters} \\ \boxed { A = 153.94 \text{ square centimeters, rounded to nearest hundredth}} \\$$

Use the area formula ... but this time solve the radius

$$A = \pi r^2 \\ 120 = \pi r^2 \\ \frac{120}{\pi} = r^2 \\ 38.197 = r^2 \\ \sqrt{38.197} = r \\ \boxed {r=6.18 \text{ inches }}$$

Like the last problem, we are given area and need to solve for radius ; However, this time, we need to then do one more step - find the diameter

$$A = \pi r^2 \\ 360 in^2= \pi r^2 \\ \frac{360}{\pi} = r^2 \\ 114.59155902616465= r^2 \\ \sqrt{114.59155902616465} = r \\ r=10.704744696916627 \text{ inches } \\$$

Now, that we have found the radius, how do we find the diameter?

$$diameter = 2 \cdot radius \\ = 2 \cdot 10.704744696916627 \\ =21.409489393833255 \\ \boxed{diameter =21.41 \text{ inches, rounded to nearest hundredth}}$$

Divide Diameter in half to calculate radius:

Radius = $$\frac{diameter}{2} = \frac{12}{2}= 6$$

Use area formula

$$A= \pi \cdot r^2 \\ A = \pi \cdot 6^2 \\ A = 36 \pi$$

Since the formula for the area of a circle squares the radius, the area of the larger circle is always 4 (or 22) times the smaller circle. Think about it: You are doubling a number (which means ×2) and then squaring this (ie squaring 2) --which leads to a new area that is four times the smaller one.

You can see this relationship is true if you pick some actual values for the radius of a circle.

For instance, let's make the original radius = 3.
Smaller Circle Larger Circle