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Perimeter and area: measuring and calculating

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for learning about perimeter and area, from using centimetres and grid paper through to calculating the missing value of a shape.

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Year level(s)	Year 4, Year 5
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	compound shapes, irregular shapes, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Measurement, Number, Build understanding
Topics	Addition and subtraction, Area, volume and surface area, Using units of measurement, Length
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMMG290 Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume ACMMG109 Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units
National numeracy learning progression	Understanding units of measurement - UuM5, UuM6, UuM7 Additive strategies Multiplicative strategies
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