Following are some questions posed by the teacher in the mathematics classroom, which one of the following are open-ended questions? A. What is the area of the circle whose radius is 5 cm? B. Tell me anything mathematical information you know about kites.

Following are some questions posed by the teacher in the mathematics classroom, which one of the following are open-ended questions? A. What is the area of the circle whose radius is 5 cm? B. Tell me anything mathematical information you know about kites. Correct Answer Only B

The process of interpreting the world of knowledge to a student's mind is called the method of teaching. It helps a teacher to understand "what to teach", "how to teach", "how to approach it".

  • It includes both strategies and techniques of teaching and involves the choice of what is to be taught.
  • The teacher must be flexible while using teaching methods to encourage the participation of students in the teaching-learning process.​

Key Points 

 What is the area of the circle whose radius is 5 cm?
  • In this question, the students will directly apply the formula of the area of a circle to get the answer i.e., πr2 where π is a constant which has a value of 3.14 and "r" refers to the radius of a circle.
  • Area of circle = πr2 = 3.14 × 5 × 5 = 78.5 cm2​.
  • Also, the answer to this question is one and unique only that can not be replaced by another answer.
  • So, it is a close-ended type of question.
Tell me anything mathematical information you know about kites.
  • Here, the students will give different and multiple responses i.e., the shape of the kite is a trapezoid.
  • The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular to each other.
  • Hence, it is an open-ended type of question.


Hence, the question "tell me anything mathematical information you know about kites" is an open-ended question.

Related Questions

Following are some questions posed by the teacher in the mathematics classroom: A. What is the area of the rectangle whose one side is 5 cm and perimeter is 30 cm? B. Find a set of numbers whose median is 4. C. List all prime numbers between 0 - 8. D. Tell me anything mathematical information you know about rectangles.