@kaydoh Said 
Wasn't sure where to put this, so it ended up here.
My four year old was asked by his teacher to talk about shapes as part of his homework, we had to trace some shapes and then talk about and write observations about that shape. eg, a square has four corners and four sides. so anyway we did a circle and I said that it has no sides. When the teacher looked at the homework she pointed out to me that I was wrong, saying that without a side the shape would collapse in on itself. I didn't argue, it didn't seem worth the bother at the time, but it's been bugging me.
I always thought that in order to have a side a shape or object had to have three corneal points, therefore a circle can't have a side
So is she right?
In geometry a circle has no sides, but I like Jorie's answer, and I would add a top side and a botom side. That would make four sides. Why not add a side of bacon, and a side of toast? That would make six sides.
Nov 12, 2010 @ 10:28:22
