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Gutter
Use this task for the purpose of assessment as students investigate the optimal cross-section for a gutter maximising the volume of water that can be drained. Students develop their own mathematical investigation to record data and solve the problem.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 10
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Area, volume and surface area
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M10M01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material.
- Keywords
- object cross-section mathematical investigation
- Other terms
- real world context
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