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Length and perimeter: measuring, comparing and calculating
This guide provides a sequence of steps for exploring length and perimeter using metric standard units of millimetres, centimetres and metres. Tasks embed reasoning and problem-solving opportunities.
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Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | length, perimeter, measurement, millimetre, centimetre, metre, equivalence, reasoning, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Measurement, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Length, Using units of measurement |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG061
Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
ACMMG084
Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures
ACMMG108
Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass
ACMMG109
Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units
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National numeracy learning progression |
Additive strategies
Understanding units of measurement - UuM7 |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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