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All wrapped up
What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper? This is a challenging problem, but suits a variety of working styles.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Teaching resource Student activities
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Mass and capacity Using units of measurement Area, volume and surface area
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M7M02
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P9)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material.
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