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Bottles
This problem is useful for getting young students to start considering capacity.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Mass and capacity |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFM01
Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P2)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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