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Choose your units
Can students choose the correct unit for measuring a particular object? Can students name an object for a particular unit of measurement?
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | prism, volume, area, dimension, rectangular |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8M01
Solve problems involving the area and perimeter of irregular and composite shapes using appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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