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Packing chocolates
This task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of rectangular and triangular prisms in an engaging context.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | Area, Cylinder, Box, Solid, Net, Volume, Surface area |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8M06
Use Pythagoras' theorem to solve problems involving the side lengths of right-angled triangles |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) Multiplicative strategies (P9) |
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| Organisation | nzmaths |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Free-for-education material. |
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