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    AMSP Year 10 Maths Feast 2023 Total Score

    Round 3 – Estimating 𝝅𝝅 (20 marks)

    1. How do we know that the distance PQ on the hexagon is 1cm?

    1 mark
    2. What is the name of a polygon with 12 sides?

    1 mark

    3. Will Archimedes’ method produce an underestimate or an overestimate for


    𝜋𝜋?

    Underestimate Could be either

    Overestimate
    1 mark

    Reason
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    4. Let’s try to get a better estimate for 𝜋𝜋.


    Put the method cards in the correct order to logically find the solution:

    Step Number Card Letter

    4 marks
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    5. In summary:
    Start with a hexagon, where s1 = 1cm

    a1 = �12 − (12𝑆𝑆1)2 b1 = 1 – a1 s2 = �(12𝑆𝑆1)2 + 𝑏𝑏1 2

    So a1 = 0.8660254038 b1 = 0.1339745962 S2 = 0.5176380902

    In a similar way

    a2 = �12 − (12𝑆𝑆2)2 b2 = 1 – a2 s3 = �(12𝑆𝑆2)2 + 𝑏𝑏2 2

    So a2 = 0.9659258263 b2 = 0.03407417371 s3 = 0.2610523844

    Write similar equations for a3 =

    b3 =

    s4 =
    3 marks
    Use your expressions to work out the measurements

    a3 =

    b3 =

    s4 =
    3 marks
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    6. Let’s put these results in a table


    Complete the table. Write down all the numbers on your calculator display

    Number of Estimate
    n sides an bn Sn+1 for 𝝅𝝅

    0 6 - - 1 3

    1 12 0.8660254038 0.1339745962 0.5176380902 3.105828541

    2 24 0.9659258263 0.03407417371 0.2610523844 3.132628613

    3 48

    7 marks

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