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Measurement and geometry
From the AMSI ‘Supporting Australian Mathematics Project’, this resource gives detailed explanations for teachers and students of the curriculum content, worked examples and assessment questions. This resource focuses on the volume of a rectangular prism and how the units of volume and capacity are related.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | volume, prism formula, length, units, cubes |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7M02
Solve problems involving the volume of right prisms including rectangular and triangular prisms, using established formulas and appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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