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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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