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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
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	area, perimeter, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
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
National numeracy learning progression	Multiplicative strategies Understanding units of measurement - UuM7
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