The seventh-grade class is building target areas for a PE activity. The bases for the game will be in a circular shape. The diameter of each circle is 3 feet. Approximately, how many square feet of the turf need to be painted for a base circle? Use 3.14 for π and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
You need to find the area of a circular base. The formula for area of a circle is pi x r^2. Just plug in the information that you are given. A=3.14 x 1.5^2 Solve. A=7.065 Round to the nearest tenth. 7.1 ft^2 of turf need to be painted for one base.
