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The volume of a cylinder

Calculate the volume of a cylinder, and compare and contrast the formula for volume of a cylinder with the formula for volume of a prism.

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Year level(s) Year 9
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource, Student task
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Explicit teaching
Keywords Surface area, Volume, Circumference, Pi, Radius, Radius, Diameter, Circle, Net, Cylinder

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus Measurement
Topics Area, volume and surface area
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M9M01
Solve problems involving the volume and surface area of right prisms and cylinders using appropriate units

Numeracy progression Understanding units of measurement (P9)

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Illustrative Mathematics

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