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Perimeter, area and volume
This guidance document from NCETM discusses some of the core concepts of geometry. Section 6.2 (pages 18–25) focuses on common misconceptions students may hold when talking about circles and how to address these.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | circle, misconception, circumference, pi, area, diameter, radius |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Angles and geometric reasoning |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7M03
Describe the relationship between π and the features of circles including the circumference, radius and diameter |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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| Organisation | NCETM |
| Copyright | © Crown Copyright. Free-for-education material. |
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