KIDS PAGES: SUGARMAKING MATH PROBLEMS

DIAMETER AND CIRCUMFERENCE

FACT: A maple tree should be approximately 8 inches in diameter to be tapped. Diameter is the measure from opposite edges across the middle of the trunk. 

The sugarmaker can't cut down all of the trees that are close to 8 inches and measure the diameter because he would have no new trees growing in his sugarbush. The sugarmaker does know that there is a relationship between the circumference of the maple tree and the diameter.

FACT: Circumference is the measure around the trunk of the tree. The circumference is roughly 3 times the diameter.

1. If the maple tree has a circumference of 18 inches, what is the diameter? _________

2. If the maple tree has a circumference of 24 inches, what is the diameter? _________

3. If the maple tree has a circumference of 36 inches, what is the diameter? _________