Sin(x) & Unit Circle - Radians

Kids do not make the connections that angles in radians are numbers in decimals and that their trigonometric values are also numbers in decimals. Kids do not understand that [math]\frac{\pi}{4} \approx 0.785[/math] and that [math]\sin(\frac{\pi}{4})=\sin(0.785) \approx 0.707[/math] . Kids do not understand that [math]\frac{\pi}{2} \approx 1.5[/math] . (Okay it is 1.6 but 1.5 is good enough for a decent graph.) They do not understand that [math]\sin(\frac{\pi}{6}) \approx \sin(0.524)=0.5[/math] and that [math]\sin(\frac{\pi}{3})\approx \sin(1.047) \approx 0.866[/math]

 
 
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