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Putting all the solids together
Use this task to assess a student’s understanding and skills when calculating the volumes of various solids.
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Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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Purpose | Assessment task |
Format | Web page |
Keywords | Area, Pyramid, Prism, Cylinder, Solid, Surface, Volume |
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Strand and focus | Measurement |
Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M01
Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of composite objects using appropriate units |
Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
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Organisation | Illustrative Mathematics |
Copyright | © Open Up Resources/Illustrative Mathematics. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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