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Converting length
Students measure the length and width of the gym in metres and convert the measurements to centimetres and kilometres.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6M01
Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem
AC9M6M02
Establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P8)
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| Organisation | BetterLesson |
| Copyright | © Erin Doughty. Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0. |
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