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Area vs perimeter

Explores and applies concepts including perimeter and area by challenging students to build various rectangles with equivalent area.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 3
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Worked examples, Differentiated teaching
Keywords	rectangles, area, perimeter, pentominoes, problem solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Measurement, Geometry
Topics	Shapes and objects, Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMMG061 Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
National numeracy learning progression	Understanding units of measurement - UuM3
Copyright details
Organisation	NSW Department of Education
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