Please note: This site contains links to websites not controlled by the Australian Government or ESA. More information here.

Enlargement inquiry

This prompt has generated questions and discussions about how one of the shapes has been transformed into the other.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Student task
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	proportional reasoning
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Transformation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9SP02 Apply the enlargement transformation to shapes and objects using dynamic geometry software as appropriate; identify and explain aspects that remain the same and those that change
Numeracy progression	Proportional thinking (P7) Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
Copyright	© Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.