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Torn shapes
These teacher notes outline how students investigate the area of shapes torn from grid paper.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 4
- Purpose
- Teaching resource Student activities
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Area, volume and surface area
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M4M02
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P6)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © Crown Copyright. Free-for-education material.
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