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Ferris Wheel Turns: Angles and Degrees

Grade 4 angle practice: find degrees as fractions of a 360° circle with Ferris wheel cars, a kiddie wheel, and a prize wheel.

Grade 4MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to4.MD.C.5.a

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1 Common Core standard
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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students explain that a one-degree angle turns through 1/360 of a circle.
Students find the degrees in a fraction of a full turn, such as 1/4, 1/8, or 1/6 of 360°.
Students find how many equal turns make a given number of degrees around a circle.

How to use

Read the box of facts together and turn a paper plate wheel to show quarter, half, and full turns before students begin.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.MD.C.5.a

Understand an angle as measured against a circle, where a one-degree angle turns 1/360 of the circle.

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Ferris Wheel Turns: Angles and Degrees

A full turn around a circle is 360 degrees.

Turns around a circle

Use the facts in the box to answer each question.

Angle facts
A full turn around a circle is 360 degrees (360°).
An angle that turns through 1/360 of a circle is a one-degree angle.
An angle that turns through 20 one-degree angles measures 20°.

A Ferris wheel spoke turns from one ray to the other. What fraction of a full turn is this angle?