This construction assumes you are already familiar with Constructing the Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment.

After doing this	Your work should look like this
We start with a triangle ABC.
1.  Find the bisector of one of the triangle sides. Any one will do. See Constructing the Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment.
2.  Repeat for the another side. Any one will do.
Optional step.  Repeat for the third side. This will convince you that the three bisectors do, in fact, intersect at a single point. But two are enough to find that point.
3.  The point where these two perpendiculars intersect is the triangle's circumcenter, the center of the circle we desire.   Note: This point may lie outside the triangle. This is normal.
4.  Place the compass point on the intersection of the perpendiculars and set the compass width to one of the points A,B or C. Draw a circle that will pass through all three.
5.  Done. The circle drawn is the triangle's circumcircle, the only circle that will pass through all three of its vertices.

Constructions pages on this site

Lines

• Introduction to constructions
• List of printable constructions worksheets
• Copy a line segment
• Parallel line through a point
• Perpendicular bisector of a line segment
• Perpendicular from a line at a point
• Perpendicular from a line through a point
• Perpendicular from endpoint of a ray
• Divide a segment into n equal parts

Angles

• Bisecting an angle
• Copy an angle
• Construct a 30° angle
• Construct a 45° angle
• Construct a 60° angle
• Construct a 90° angle (right angle)
• Constructing  75°  105°  120°  135°  150° angles and more

Triangles

• Copy a triangle
• Isosceles triangle, given base and side
• Isosceles triangle, given base and altitude
• Equilateral triangle
• Triangle medians
• 30-60-90 triangle, given the hypotenuse
• Triangle, given 3 sides (sss)
• Triangle, given one side and adjacent angles (asa)
• Triangle, given two sides and included angle (sas)
• Incircle of a triangle
• Circumcircle of a triangle

Triangle Centers

• Triangle incenter
• Triangle circumcenter
• Triangle orthocenter
• Triangle centroid

Circles, Arcs and Ellipses

• Finding the center of a circle
• Circle given 3 points
• Tangent at a point on the circle
• Tangents through an external point
• Focus points of a given ellipse

Polygons

• Hexagongiven one side
• Hexagon inscribed in a given circle
• Pentagon inscribed in a given circle

Non-Euclidean constructions

• Construct an ellipse with string and pins
• Find the center of a circle with any right-angled object