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Changing areas and changing volumes
This activity challenges students to arrange different cubes and cuboids in a grid.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7, Year 9 |
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| Audience | Student |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Student task, Home practice tasks |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | Volume, Prism formula, Length, Units, Cubes |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7M02
Solve problems involving the volume of right prisms including rectangular and triangular prisms, using established formulas and appropriate units
AC9M9M01
Solve problems involving the volume and surface area of right prisms and cylinders using appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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