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The spider and the fly
Students solve a problem using their knowledge of geometrical properties.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 10
- Purpose
- Student activities
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Students
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M10M03
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material.
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