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Area, perimeter and volume: rectilinear shapes, triangles, parallelograms and cuboids
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring and connecting perimeter, area and volume from using squared paper to explore the area of rectilinear shapes, triangles and parallelograms to revisiting volume and working with cubic units.
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Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | area, perimeter, explicit teaching |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Measurement, Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Using units of measurement, Area, volume and surface area, Multiplication and division, Length, Multiples, factors and powers, Shapes and objects |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG137
Solve problems involving the comparison of lengths and areas using appropriate units
ACMMG138
Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurement
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National numeracy learning progression |
Multiplicative strategies
Understanding units of measurement - UuM7 |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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